Usage of the character 哈

Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)
also called 光明節／光明节 and 哈努卡節／哈努卡节

hājísī

哈吉斯

[哈吉斯]

haggis (a Scottish dish) (loanword)

Bāhāmǎ

巴哈马

[巴哈馬]

The Bahamas

dòuhāhā

逗哈哈

[逗哈哈]

to joke
to crack a joke

Mànhādùn

曼哈顿

[曼哈頓]

Manhattan island
Manhattan borough of New York City

Bùhālā

布哈拉

[布哈拉]

Bokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan

Hādésī

哈得斯

[哈得斯]

Hades

Cháhā'ěr

察哈尔

[察哈爾]

Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)

hālínggēn

哈灵根

[哈靈根]

Harlingen, the Netherlands

dǎhāqian

打哈欠

[打哈欠]

to yawn

Hānúmàn

哈奴曼

[哈奴曼]

Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana

hālǐfā

哈里发

[哈里發]

(loanword) caliph
also written 哈利發／哈利发 (hālìfā)

hā Rìzú

哈日族

[哈日族]

Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan)

Hālāléi

哈拉雷

[哈拉雷]

Harare, capital of Zimbabwe

dǎhāha

打哈哈

[打哈哈]

to joke
to laugh insincerely
to make merry
to talk irrelevantly

Hādésī

哈德斯

[哈德斯]

Hades

Aòmǎhā

奥马哈

[奧馬哈]

Omaha

Lěihānà

蕾哈娜

[蕾哈娜]

Rihanna (1988-), Barbadian pop singer

hàshimá

哈士蟆

[哈士蟆]

Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu)
Taiwan pr. (hāshìmá)

Yàhāsī

亚哈斯

[亞哈斯]

Ahaz (son of Jotham)

Hāmǎ'ěr

哈马尔

[哈馬爾]

Hamar (town in Norway)

Hāsàkè

哈萨克

[哈薩克]

Kazakh
(Tw, HK) Kazakhstan

Wūliánghǎ

乌良哈

[烏良哈]

Mongol surname

Yǎmǎhā

雅马哈

[雅馬哈]

Yamaha

hālázi

哈喇子

[哈喇子]

(dialect) saliva

Hābèi'ěr

哈贝尔

[哈貝爾]

Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name)
Harbel (town in Liberia)

Hābāhé

哈巴河

[哈巴河]

Habahe county or Qaba nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

mǎdàhā

马大哈

[馬大哈]

a careless person
scatterbrain
frivolous and forgetful
abbr. for 馬馬虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈／马马虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈

hāhāxiào

哈哈笑

[哈哈笑]

to laugh out loud

Hānízú

哈尼族

[哈尼族]

Hani ethnic group

gālāhà

嘎拉哈

[嘎拉哈]

(Manchu loanword) knucklebones
see 羊拐 (yángguǎi)

Hāxīnà

哈西纳

[哈西納]

Ms Sheikh Hasina (1947-), Bangladesh politician, prime minister 1996-2001 and from 2009

Hāláimǔ

哈莱姆

[哈萊姆]

Harlem district of Manhattan

Bùhālín

布哈林

[布哈林]

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937

Sūhātuō

苏哈托

[蘇哈托]

Suharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 1967-1998

Hā'ěrdēng

哈尔登

[哈爾登]

Halden (city in Norway)

Hā'ěrbīn

哈尔滨

[哈爾濱]

Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

hālúnkù

哈伦裤

[哈倫褲]

harem pants (loanword)

Hājìqí

哈季奇

[哈季奇]

Goran Hadžić (1958-2016), Croatian Serb leader until 1994, indicted war criminal

Hāméngdé

哈蒙德

[哈蒙德]

Hammond (surname)

Hāwǎnà

哈瓦那

[哈瓦那]

Havana, capital of Cuba

Mǎhādí

马哈迪

[馬哈迪]

Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925-), Malaysian politician, prime minister 1981-2003 and 2018-2020

Hāgāishū

哈该书

[哈該書]

Book of Haggai

Hābǐrén

哈比人

[哈比人]

Hobbit
see also 霍比特人 ( Huòbǐtèrén)

Délìnghā

德令哈

[德令哈]

Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

Hāmì Shì

哈密市

[哈密市]

Hami, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang

Bāhāyī

巴哈伊

[巴哈伊]

Baha'i (religion)

hāmìguā

哈密瓜

[哈密瓜]

Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)
honeydew melon
cantaloupe

Mànhātǎn

曼哈坦

[曼哈坦]

Manhattan island
Manhattan borough of New York City
also written 曼哈頓／曼哈顿

kǔhāhā

苦哈哈

[苦哈哈]

to have difficulty getting by
to struggle (financially etc)

hālāzi

哈拉子

[哈拉子]

(dialect) saliva
also written 哈喇子 (hālázi)

Hāluódé

哈罗德

[哈羅德]

Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)

Sāhālā

撒哈拉

[撒哈拉]

Sahara

xiàohāhā

笑哈哈

[笑哈哈]

to laugh heartily

hāshìqí

哈士奇

[哈士奇]

husky (sled dog)

Hāmǎsī

哈马斯

[哈馬斯]

Hamas (radical Palestinian group)

Làhābù

辣哈布

[辣哈布]

Rahab (name)

Hāfēngjiǎo

哈丰角

[哈豐角]

Cape Ras Hafun, Somalia, the easternmost point in Africa

hāhājìng

哈哈镜

[哈哈鏡]

distorting mirror

Amǔhālā

阿姆哈拉

[阿姆哈拉]

Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
Amharic
Ethiopian

Hāmǐ'ěrkǎ

哈米尔卡

[哈米爾卡]

Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general

Hābùsībǎo

哈布斯堡

[哈布斯堡]

Hapsburg (European dynasty)

Sàhāluòfū

萨哈洛夫

[薩哈洛夫]

Sakharov (Russian name)

Aìhǎmàidé

艾哈迈德

[艾哈邁德]

Ahmed (name)

Hāléi Huìxīng

哈雷彗星

[哈雷彗星]

Halley's Comet

Abùhāzī

阿布哈兹

[阿布哈茲]

Abkhazia, region in Georgia

Hānǔkǎjié

哈努卡节

[哈努卡節]

Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar)

Délìnghāshì

德令哈市

[德令哈市]

Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

Hāsàkèrén

哈萨克人

[哈薩克人]

Kazakh person
Kazakh people

Nǔ'ěrhāchì

努尔哈赤

[努爾哈赤]

Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金／后金 ( Hòu Jīn) (from 1616)

Hā'ěrsītǎ

哈尔斯塔

[哈爾斯塔]

Harstad (city in Norway)

Kǎndàhāshěng

坎大哈省

[坎大哈省]

Kandahar province of Afghanistan

Hābāxuěshān

哈巴雪山

[哈巴雪山]

Mt Haba (Nakhi: golden flower), in Lijiang 麗江／丽江, northwest Yunnan

Xī Sāhālā

西撒哈拉

[西撒哈拉]

Western Sahara

Sāhālārén

撒哈拉人

[撒哈拉人]

Sahrawi (person)

Hābāhéxiàn

哈巴河县

[哈巴河縣]

Habahe county or Qaba nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

Hāsàkèwén

哈萨克文

[哈薩克文]

Kazakh written language

Jīng Hātiělù

京哈铁路

[京哈鐵路]

Beijing-Harbin railway

Hāmǔléitè

哈姆雷特

[哈姆雷特]

Hamlet (name)
the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark c. 1601 by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚

hālìlùyà

哈利路亚

[哈利路亞]

hallelujah (loanword)

Hābāgǔshū

哈巴谷书

[哈巴谷書]

Book of Habakkuk

Lè Hāfèi'ěr

勒哈费尔

[勒哈費爾]

Le Havre (French town)

Sāhālāwēi

撒哈拉威

[撒哈拉威]

Sahrawi

Sàhǎnuòfū

萨哈诺夫

[薩哈諾夫]

(Andrei) Sakharov

hāhādàxiào

哈哈大笑

[哈哈大笑]

to laugh heartily
to burst into loud laughter

Hāméinèiyī

哈梅内伊

[哈梅內伊]

Khamenei, Ayatollah Aly (1939-), Supreme Leader of Iran, aka Ali Khamenei

Tǎlāhāxī

塔拉哈西

[塔拉哈西]

Tallahassee, capital of Florida

Hāsàkèzú

哈萨克族

[哈薩克族]

Kazakh ethnic group of Xinjiang

Fèi'ěrbāhā

费尔巴哈

[費爾巴哈]

Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), materialist philosopher

Bǐhā'ěrbāng

比哈尔邦

[比哈爾邦]

Bihar, state in eastern India

Hālìdíyà

哈利迪亚

[哈利迪亞]

Habbaniyah (Iraqi city)

Hādéxùn Hé

哈德逊河

[哈德遜河]

Hudson River, New York State, USA

Xīhānǔkè

西哈努克

[西哈努克]

(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)

Hālìbódùn

哈利伯顿

[哈利伯頓]

Halliburton (US construction company)

Hāgēn Dásī

哈根达斯

[哈根達斯]

Häagen-Dazs

Hābómǎsī

哈伯玛斯

[哈伯瑪斯]

Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher

Hābèimǎsī

哈贝马斯

[哈貝馬斯]

Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher

dàmǎhǎyú

大马哈鱼

[大馬哈魚]

chum salmon

dàmáhǎyú

大麻哈鱼

[大麻哈魚]

see 大馬哈魚／大马哈鱼 (dàmǎhǎyú)

dǎhāhar

打哈哈儿

[打哈哈兒]

erhua variant of 打哈哈 (dǎhāha)

Sàhǎluófū

萨哈罗夫

[薩哈羅夫]

Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist

Qíqíhā'ěr

齐齐哈尔

[齊齊哈爾]

Qiqihar, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Mànhādùnqū

曼哈顿区

[曼哈頓區]

Manhattan borough of New York City

Hālǐsībǎo

哈里斯堡

[哈里斯堡]

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

diǎntóuhāyāo

点头哈腰

[點頭哈腰]

to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
unctuous fawning

Hāfó Dàxué

哈佛大学

[哈佛大學]

Harvard University

Hā'ěrbīnshì

哈尔滨市

[哈爾濱市]

Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Hālǐfā Tǎ

哈里发塔

[哈里發塔]

Burj Khalifa, skyscraper in Dubai, 830 m high

hēngrhār

哼儿哈儿

[哼兒哈兒]

to hem and haw (loanword)

Hāluō Chūxíng

哈啰出行

[哈囉出行]

Hellobike, transportation service platform

Hātèfúdé

哈特福德

[哈特福德]

Hartford

Hāsàkèyǔ

哈萨克语

[哈薩克語]

Kazakh language

Shènghāxīntuō

圣哈辛托

[聖哈辛托]

San Jacinto

Hābóluónèi

哈博罗内

[哈博羅內]

Gaborone, capital of Botswana

Gáhāwūzú

噶哈巫族

[噶哈巫族]

Kaxabu or Kahabu, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Gēběnhāgēn

哥本哈根

[哥本哈根]

Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark

Duōhā Huíhé

多哈回合

[多哈回合]

Doha Round (world trade talks that began in Doha, Qatar in 2001)

Hālì· Bèiruì

哈莉·贝瑞

[哈莉·貝瑞]

Halle Berry (1966-), US actress

Hālì· Bōtè

哈利·波特

[哈利·波特]

Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳／罗琳

Ashénhābādé

阿什哈巴德

[阿什哈巴德]

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan

Sàhǎluófūjiǎng

萨哈罗夫奖

[薩哈羅夫獎]

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)

Sāhālāyǐnán

撒哈拉以南

[撒哈拉以南]

sub-Saharan

Hāsàkèsītǎn

哈萨克斯坦

[哈薩克斯坦]

Kazakhstan

Hālìfǎkèsī

哈利法克斯

[哈利法克斯]

Halifax (name)
Halifax city, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax, town in West Yorkshire, England

Sāhālā Shāmò

撒哈拉沙漠

[撒哈拉沙漠]

Sahara Desert

Hālǐfā Dìguó

哈里发帝国

[哈里發帝國]

Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)

Aīsītèhāqí

埃斯特哈齐

[埃斯特哈齊]

Esterhazy (name)

Nángéhā'ěrshěng

楠格哈尔省

[楠格哈爾省]

Nangarhar province of Afghanistan

wǎhābǐjiàopài

瓦哈比教派

[瓦哈比教派]

Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)

Ashíhābātè

阿什哈巴特

[阿什哈巴特]

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan (Tw)

Qíqíhā'ěrshì

齐齐哈尔市

[齊齊哈爾市]

Qiqihar, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

hāpǔxīkēdé

哈普西科德

[哈普西科德]

harpsichord

Hāmǎhēilā Dǎo

哈马黑拉岛

[哈馬黑拉島]

Halmahera, an island of Indonesia

Mòhāwéi Shāmò

莫哈韦沙漠

[莫哈韋沙漠]

Mojave Desert, southwestern USA

Kèzī'ěrgǎhā

克孜尔尕哈

[克孜爾尕哈]

Kizilgaha, site of a famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang

Hāmǐjíduōdùn

哈米吉多顿

[哈米吉多頓]

Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16)

Guādálāhālā

瓜达拉哈拉

[瓜達拉哈拉]

Guadalajara

Lìlèhāmò'ěr

利勒哈默尔

[利勒哈默爾]

Lillehammer (city in Norway)

Hālā'ěr Wǔshì

哈拉尔五世

[哈拉爾五世]

Harald V of Norway

Tàijī Mǎhā Líng

泰姬玛哈陵

[泰姬瑪哈陵]

Taj Mahal
abbr. to 泰姬陵 ( Tàijīlíng)

Xīshǔ Sāhālā

西属撒哈拉

[西屬撒哈拉]

Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)

Tuōmǎsī· Hādài

托马斯·哈代

[托馬斯·哈代]

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English author

Shǐdìfēn· Hāpò

史蒂芬·哈珀

[史蒂芬·哈珀]

see 斯蒂芬·哈珀 ( Sīdìfēn· Hāpò)

Hēnglì· Hādéxùn

亨利·哈德逊

[亨利·哈德遜]

Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator

Sīdìfēn· Hāpò

斯蒂芬·哈珀

[斯蒂芬·哈珀]

Stephen Harper (1959-), Canadian politician, prime minister 2006-2015

dàlíndámáhǎyú

大鳞大麻哈鱼

[大鱗大麻哈魚]

king salmon
Chinook salmon

Aìhāmàidábādé

艾哈迈达巴德

[艾哈邁達巴德]

Ahmedabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特 ( Gǔjílātè)

dàlíndámǎhǎyú

大鳞大马哈鱼

[大鱗大馬哈魚]

see 大鱗大麻哈魚／大鳞大麻哈鱼 (dàlíndámáhǎyú)

Hābāluófūsīkè

哈巴罗夫斯克

[哈巴羅夫斯克]

Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province of China

Hālǐsēn· Shīmìtè

哈里森·施密特

[哈里森·施密特]

Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17 astronaut)

Mǎhālāshītèlābāng

马哈拉施特拉邦

[馬哈拉施特拉邦]

Maharashtra (state in India)

Suǒduōmǎyǔ Hāmólà

索多玛与哈摩辣

[索多瑪與哈摩辣]

Sodom and Gomorrah

Aìhāmàidínèijiǎdé

艾哈迈迪内贾德

[艾哈邁迪內賈德]

Ahmadinejad or Ahmadinezhad (Persian name)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran 2005-2013

Sàhǎluófū Rénquánjiǎng

萨哈罗夫人权奖

[薩哈羅夫人權獎]

the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize

Sāhālāyǐnán Fēizhōu

撒哈拉以南非洲

[撒哈拉以南非洲]

sub-Saharan Africa

Sàhǎnuòfū Rénquánjiǎng

萨哈诺夫人权奖

[薩哈諾夫人權獎]

the EU Sakharov prize for human rights

Cháhā'ěryòuyìhòuqí

察哈尔右翼后旗

[察哈爾右翼後旗]

Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布／乌兰察布 ( Wūlánchábù), Inner Mongolia

Hābó Tàikōng Wàngyuǎnjìng

哈伯太空望远镜

[哈伯太空望遠鏡]

Hubble Space Telescope

Cháhā'ěryòuyìzhōngqí

察哈尔右翼中旗

[察哈爾右翼中旗]

Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布／乌兰察布 ( Wūlánchábù), Inner Mongolia

Hā'ěrbīn Gōngyè Dàxué

哈尔滨工业大学

[哈爾濱工業大學]

Harbin Institute of Technology

Cháhā'ěryòuyìqiánqí

察哈尔右翼前旗

[察哈爾右翼前旗]

Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布／乌兰察布 ( Wūlánchábù), Inner Mongolia

Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu

伊犁哈萨克自治州

[伊犁哈薩克自治州]

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang

Mùlěi Hāsàkè Zìzhìxiàn

木垒哈萨克自治县

[木壘哈薩克自治縣]

Mori Kazakh autonomous county or Mori Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Kèzī'ěrgǎhāfēnghuǒtái

克孜尔尕哈烽火台

[克孜爾尕哈烽火台]

Kizilgaha fire beacon tower in Kuchar county 庫車／库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區／阿克苏地区, Xinjiang

Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn

墨江哈尼族自治县

[墨江哈尼族自治縣]

Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱 ( Pǔ'ěr), Yunnan

Hākèbèilì· Fēn Lìxiǎn Jì

哈克贝利·芬历险记

[哈克貝利·芬歷險記]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫／马克·吐温 ( Mǎkè· Tǔwēn)

Bālǐkūn Hāsàkè Zìzhìxiàn

巴里坤哈萨克自治县

[巴里坤哈薩克自治縣]

Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang

Mǐhāyī'ěr· Pǔluóhuòluófū

米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫

[米哈伊爾·普羅霍羅夫]

Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)

Níng'ěr Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn

宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县

[寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣]

Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, capital Pu'er city 普洱市 ( Pǔ'ěrshì)
formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county

Pǔ'ěr Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn

普洱哈尼族彝族自治县

[普洱哈尼族彞族自治縣]

former Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, renamed in 2007 Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣／宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县, capital Pu'er city 普洱市

Jiāngchéng Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn

江城哈尼族彝族自治县

[江城哈尼族彞族自治縣]