# 打哈哈
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎhāha, dǎhāhā
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ˙ㄏㄚ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daa$^2$ haa$^1$ haa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎhāha
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ˙ㄏㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎhahå
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^3$-ha$^1$-ha$^5$
*** Yale: dǎ-hā-ha
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daaha.ha
*** Palladius: дахаха (daxaxa)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ xä²/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎhāhā
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎhaha
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^3$-ha$^1$-ha$^1$
*** Yale: dǎ-hā-hā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daahaha
*** Palladius: дахаха (daxaxa)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daa$^2$ haa$^1$ haa$^1$
*** Yale: dá hā hā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daa$^2$ haa$^1$ haa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: da$^2$ ha$^1$ ha$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taː³⁵ haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/

### Verb

打⫽哈哈 (verb-object)
* to make a joke
* to make fun; to kid around; to mess around
       Nǐ zhè cì de rènwù yīdìng yào chūsè wánchéng, kě bié gěi wǒ dǎ hāha. [Pinyin]
       This job must be done well — don't mess around.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 開玩笑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 開玩笑, 打哈哈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 開玩笑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 開玩笑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 開哏 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 開玩笑, 打哈哈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 開玩笑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 涮罈子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 科心, 科德行, 鬥散放 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 講笑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 尋開心 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 開心 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 開心, 開玩笑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 講笑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 講笑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 講笑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 攪笑 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 講笑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 開玩笑 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 講笑 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 講笑, 開玩笑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍笑, 開玩笑 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𡛴, 𡛴嬉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 咧 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 講摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 滾笑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 講笑詼 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 講耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 講耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 滾笑 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𠢕滾, 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 呾耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 呾耍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 呾耍 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 呾耍笑, 呾相耍, 呾耍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 講笑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 講笑 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 尋開心 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 尋開心 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋開心 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講笑, 講取笑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鬥散放, 打豪 |