喝

喝	U+559D, 喝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-559D

← 喜

CJK Unified Ideographs

喞 →

喝	U+FA36, 喝 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA36

← 卑

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

嘆 →

喝	U+FA78, 喝 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA78

← 勺

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

啕 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	喝
Simplified	喝
Traditional	喝

Alternative forms

Han unification: Japanese character appears as 喝, while it normally appears as 喝 in other scripts.

Han character

喝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9 in Chinese, 口+8 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 11 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 口日心女 (RAPV), four-corner 6602₇, composition ⿰口曷 or ⿰口⿱曰匂)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 199, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3960
Dae Jaweon: page 421, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 653, character 13
Unihan data for U+559D

Unihan data for U+FA36

Unihan data for U+FA78

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 喝
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (曷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
愒	kʰaːds, kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	qaːds, qaːd
餲	qraːds, qrads, ɡaːd, qaːd
喝	qraːds, qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	kʰrads, ked, kʰrad, ɡrad, kad, ɡad
偈	ɡrads, ɡrad
猲	kʰob, qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	klaːd, rab
渴	kʰaːd, ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	qʰaːd, qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	ɡaːd, ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	kʰreːd, kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	kʰraːd, ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	ɡrad, ɡad
碣	ɡrad, ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd).

Etymology 1

trad.		喝
simp. ^#		喝
alternative forms		欱

An innovative written form of 欱 (MC xop), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwap (“to drink”). Cognate to 噏 (OC *qʰrub, “to drink”) and 呷 (OC *qʰraːb, “to drink”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hē (he¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хә (hə, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³
Jin (Wiktionary): hah⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoah / hat

(Teochew, Peng'im): hag⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷heq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: he
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹
  - Yale: hē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ho¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хә (hə, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hot³
  - Yale: hot
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hod³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoah
  - Tâi-lô: huah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /huaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Kinmen): /huaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hat
  - Tâi-lô: hat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: had
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hat̚³²/

Note:

hoah - vernacular;
hat - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hag⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hak
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hak̚²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷heq
  - MiniDict: heh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴heq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /həʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ho⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 喝 (喝酒)
Mandarin	Beijing	/xɤ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xɤ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xɤ²¹/
	Jinan	/xə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/xɤ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuo²¹/
	Xining	/xu⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/xɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xuo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xo⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xo⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xo⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xoʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/xʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/həʔ⁵/ /haʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/həʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ha²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xɔʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/xə⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/xo²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ho²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hot̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/hot̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔt̚³/
	Nanning	/hɔt̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/hɔt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hap̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hɑʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喝
Reading #	2/3
No.	5020
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	欱
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːb/
Notes	近代訓讀爲欱

Definitions

喝

(Mandarin, Jin) to drink

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喝 (“to drink”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		飲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喝
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喝
	Taiwan	喝
	Harbin	喝
	Malaysia	喝
	Singapore	喝
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	喝
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喝
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	喝
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	喝
	Wanrong	喝
	Xi'an	喝
	Xining	喝
	Xuzhou	喝, 吃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喝
	Lanzhou	喝
	Ürümqi	喝
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吃, 喝
	Wuhan	喝, 呵, 汩
	Guiyang	吃, 喝, 汩
	Guilin	喝
	Liuzhou	吃, 喝
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吃, 喝
	Yangzhou	吃, 喝
	Hefei	喝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲, 呷
	Hong Kong	飲, 呷
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	飲
	Macau	飲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飲
	Foshan	飲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飲
	Foshan (Shunde)	飲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	飲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	飲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飲
	Taishan	飲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飲
	Enping (Niujiang)	飲
	Heshan (Yayao)	飲
	Dongguan	飲, 食₁, 呷
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	飲
	Yangjiang	呷, 吃
	Wuzhou	飲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	吃
	Hepu (Shatian)	飲
	Qinzhou	飲
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	飲
	Beihai	食₁
	Beihai (Nankang)	飲
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	飲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飲, 食₁
	Danzhou	吃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飲
	Penang (Guangfu)	飲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飲
	Móng Cái	飲
Gan	Nanchang	吃
	Lichuan	吃
	Pingxiang	吃
Hakka	Meixian	食₁, 啉, 飲, 啜
	Xingning	食₁
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	飲
	Huiyang	食₁
	Huidong (Daling)	食₁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	食₁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	食₁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	食₁, 飲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	食₁
	Wuhua (Meilin)	食₁
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	食₁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	食₁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	食₁
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	飲
	Jiexi	食₁
	Changting	食₁
	Wuping	食₁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	食₁
	Liancheng	食₁
	Ninghua	食₁
	Yudu	食₁
	Ruijin	食₁
	Shicheng	食₁
	Shangyou (Shexi)	食₁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食₁, 啉, 飲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食₁, 啉, 飲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食₁, 啉, 飲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食₁, 啉, 飲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食₁, 啉, 飲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	啉, 食₁
	Hong Kong	食₁
	Luchuan	食₁
	Kuching (Hepo)	食₁, 飲, 啉
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	食₁
Huizhou	Jixi	吃
Jin	Taiyuan	喝
Jin	Xinzhou	喝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	啜, 饁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	啜, 食₃
	Singapore (Fuqing)	食₃
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	食₃
Southern Min	Xiamen	啉, 食₃, 哈 alcohol, 啜 usually soup
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	啉
	Quanzhou	啉, 食₃, 哈 alcohol, 啜 usually soup
	Jinjiang	啉
	Zhangzhou	啉, 食₃, 啜 usually soup
	Zhao'an	食₃, 啉
	Taipei	啉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啉
	Kaohsiung	啉
	Yilan	啉, 哈, 食₃
	Changhua (Lukang)	啉
	Taichung	啉
	Tainan	啉, 哈, 食₃, 灌
	Hsinchu	啉, 哈
	Kinmen	啉
	Penghu (Magong)	食₃, 啉
	Penang (Hokkien)	啉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啉
	Manila (Hokkien)	啉
	Medan (Hokkien)	啉
	Chaozhou	食₃, 啉
	Shantou	食₃, 啉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	食₃, 啉
	Jieyang	食₃, 啉
	Haifeng	食₃
	Singapore (Teochew)	食₃
	Batam (Teochew)	食₃
	Pontianak (Teochew)	食₃, 啉
	Leizhou	啜, 食₃
	Wenchang	啜, 食₃
	Haikou	啜, 食₃
	Qionghai	啜, 食₃
	Singapore (Hainanese)	食₃, 啜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	飲
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	飲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飲, 吃, 呷
Wu	Shanghai	吃, 呷, 呼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吃
	Suzhou	吃, 呷, 呼
	Danyang	吃
	Hangzhou	吃
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	吃
	Ningbo	吃
	Wenzhou	呷, 吃
	Jinhua	吃, 呷
Xiang	Changsha	吃
	Loudi	吃
	Shuangfeng	吃, 呵

Descendants

Wutunhua: xhe

Compounds

信口開喝 / 信口开喝
吃吃喝喝 (chīchīhēhē)
吃喝不分
吃喝嫖賭 / 吃喝嫖赌 (chīhēpiáodǔ)
吃喝玩樂 / 吃喝玩乐 (chīhēwánlè)
吃香喝辣
喝了蜜
喝交杯
喝啞吧酒 / 喝哑吧酒
喝喜酒
喝寡酒
喝悶酒 / 喝闷酒 (hē mènjiǔ)
喝洋水
喝湯 / 喝汤 (hētāng)
喝玲瑯 / 喝玲琅 (hoah-lin-long) (Min Nan)
喝茶 (hēchá)
喝西北風 / 喝西北风 (hē xīběifēng)
喝醉 (hēzuì)
喝風 / 喝风
喝風呵煙 / 喝风呵烟
喝風痾煙 / 喝风疴烟
喝墨水 (hē mòshuǐ)
大吃大喝 (dàchīdàhē)
白吃白喝 (báichībáihē)
磨喝樂 / 磨喝乐
聽喝 / 听喝

Etymology 2

trad.		喝
simp. ^#		喝

Compare Burmese ဟစ် (hac, “to call out loudly”) (Luce, 1981).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hè (he⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³
Gan (Wiktionary): hot⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hot

(Meixian, Guangdong): hod⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): hah⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): hák
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoah / hòa / hat

(Teochew, Peng'im): hag⁴ / huah⁴ / uah⁴ / duah⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷heq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hè
  - Wade–Giles: ho⁴
  - Yale: hè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hot³
  - Yale: hot
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hod³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: hot⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hot
  - Hakka Romanization System: hod^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hod⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /hot̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hod⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /hɔt̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoah
  - Tâi-lô: huah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /huaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /huaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòa
  - Tâi-lô: huà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoax
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hat
  - Tâi-lô: hat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: had
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hat̚³²/

Note:

hoah/hòa - vernacular (“to shout; to scold loudly; to brag”);
hat - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hag⁴ / huah⁴ / uah⁴ / duah⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hak / huah / uah / tuah
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hak̚²/, /huaʔ²/, /uaʔ²/, /tuaʔ²/

Note: duah4 - 俗音.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷heq
  - MiniDict: heh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴heq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /həʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ho⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 喝 (喝彩)
Mandarin	Beijing	/xɤ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/xɤ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/xɤ⁵³/
	Jinan	/xə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/xɤ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuo²¹/
	Xining	/xu⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xə⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/xɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xuo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xo⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xo²¹/
	Kunming	/xo⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xoʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xaʔ²/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/xaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/həʔ⁵/ /haʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/həʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/hø²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xɔʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/xə⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/xo²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ho²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɵʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/hot̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/hot̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔt̚³/
	Nanning	/hɔt̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/hɔt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hat̚³²/ /huaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hɑʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/huaʔ²/ /uaʔ²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xo⁵⁵/ /hua⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xat

Rime
Character	喝
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	許葛切
Baxter	xat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hat̚/
Li Rong	/xɑt̚/
Wang Li	/xɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	he
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hot³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喝
Reading #	3/3
No.	5027
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫘
Old Chinese	/*qʰaːd/

Definitions

喝

to shout; to call out
(Cantonese, transitive) to shout at someone
(Hokkien) to scold loudly
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) to brag; to boast; to bluff

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喊 (“to shout; to yell”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喊, 嚷
	Taiwan	喊
	Harbin	喊, 喊呼
	Singapore	喊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喊
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喊, 喊叫
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	喊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喊
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	喊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喊
	Wuhan	喊, 𠵫
	Guilin	喊
	Liuzhou	喊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	喊
	Yangzhou	喊
	Hefei	叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫, 嗌
	Hong Kong	嗌, 叫
	Dongguan	喊
	Yangjiang	喊
	Beihai	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	喊
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	喊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	叫
	Móng Cái	喊
Gan	Nanchang	喊
Hakka	Meixian	喊
	Zijin	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊
Jin	Taiyuan	喊, 叫喊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吿
Southern Min	Xiamen	喝
	Quanzhou	喝
	Jinjiang	喝
	Zhangzhou	喝
	Taipei	咻, 喝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喝
	Kaohsiung	咻, 喝
	Yilan	喝
	Changhua (Lukang)	喝
	Taichung	喝
	Tainan	咻, 喝
	Hsinchu	喝
	Kinmen	喝
	Penghu (Magong)	喝
	Penang (Hokkien)	嚷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喝
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝
	Chaozhou	喊
	Shantou	喊, 叱
	Puning	嚷, 呵, 叱
	Singapore (Teochew)	喝
Wu	Shanghai	喊, 叫
	Suzhou	喊
	Danyang	喊
	Ningbo	嘶, 叫
	Wenzhou	叫
Xiang	Changsha	喊
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喊

(to scold loudly):

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僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
叱呵 (chìhē)
叱罵 / 叱骂 (chìmà)
叱責 / 叱责 (chìzé)
吆喝 (colloquial)
呲 (cī)
呲兒 / 呲儿 (cīr)
呵叱 (hēchì)
呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
呵斥 (hēchì)
呵責 / 呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
喝叱
嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
嗔著 / 嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
怪 (guài)
怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
怪罪 (guàizuì)
批評 / 批评 (pīpíng)
指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
指斥 (zhǐchì)
指責 / 指责 (zhǐzé)
指點 / 指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
掛數 / 挂数 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
摘 (literary, or in compounds)
撻伐 / 挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
數落 / 数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
數說 / 数说 (shǔshuō)
斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
斥罵 / 斥骂 (chìmà)
斥責 / 斥责 (chìzé)
歸咎 / 归咎 (guījiù)
歸罪 / 归罪 (guīzuì)
派
激勵 / 激励 (jīlì) (literary)
熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
申斥 (shēnchì)
痛罵 / 痛骂 (tòngmà)
聲討 / 声讨 (shēngtǎo)
訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
訓斥 / 训斥 (xùnchì)
詬病 / 诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
說 / 说
說話 / 说话 (shuōhuà)
謗議 / 谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
譴責 / 谴责 (qiǎnzé)
責備 / 责备 (zébèi)
責怪 / 责怪 (zéguài)
責罵 / 责骂 (zémà)
責難 / 责难 (zénàn)
貶斥 / 贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
貶責 / 贬责 (biǎnzé)
賴 / 赖 (lài)
非議 / 非议 (fēiyì)
非難 / 非难 (fēinàn)
鞭笞 (biānchī) (literary, figurative)
體斥 / 体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

(to brag):

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口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
吹噓 / 吹嘘 (chuīxū)
吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
吹牛三 (Wu)
吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
呾卵話 / 呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
嗙雞胲 / 嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
好臉 / 好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拉空 (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
拉誧 / 拉𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
放風球 / 放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
放風龜 / 放风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
歕雞胲 / 𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
歕雞胿 / 𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
白話 / 白话 (báihua) (regional)
相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
紅膏 / 红膏 (Puxian Min)
練扇空 / 练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
膨風 / 膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
自矜 (zìjīn)
自誇 / 自夸 (zìkuā)
自詡 / 自诩 (zìxǔ)
表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
誇 / 夸 (kuā)
誇口 / 夸口 (kuākǒu)
誇喙 / 夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
誇耀 / 夸耀 (kuāyào)
說大話 / 说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
講嘐潲話 / 讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
講空 / 讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
車大炮 / 车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
風龜 / 风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
鼓吹 (gǔchuī)

Dialectal synonyms of 說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說大話, 誇口, 吹噓, 誇口, 矜人, 自誇, 自詡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吹牛, 說大話, 吹大炮
	Harbin	吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹
	Singapore	吹牛, 說大話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吹牛屄
	Wanrong	吹牛, 吹
	Xi'an	吹牛屄, 吹牛
	Xining	斬大話
	Xuzhou	吹牛屄
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吹牛屄
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯把子
	Guiyang	衝殼子, 吹殼子, 吹牛殼, 衝牛殼
	Daguan	吹殼子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吹牛, 吹牛屄, 吹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	吹牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹
	Hong Kong	車大炮, 吹, 吹水
	Taishan	吹牛, 車大炮
	Dongguan	放葫蘆
Gan	Nanchang	吹牛屄
	Lichuan	吹膨兒
	Pingxiang	吹蒙子
Hakka	Meixian	車大炮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨風, 歕雞胲, 臭彈, 落下頷, 屙膿屙血
Huizhou	Jixi	吹牛屄, 吹卵脬, 吹
Jin	Taiyuan	吹牛屄
Jin	Xinzhou	吹達, 吹牛屄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	誇喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風龜, 相空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Quanzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Zhangzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 相空, 練扇空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙, 喝
	Taipei	歕雞胿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歕雞胿
	Kaohsiung	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Yilan	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Changhua (Lukang)	臭彈
	Taichung	歕雞胿, 烏白講
	Tainan	臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT
	Hsinchu	歕雞胿, 膨風
	Kinmen	歕雞胿
	Penghu (Magong)	歕雞胿
	Penang (Hokkien)	好臉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好臉
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝仙, 放風
	Shantou	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧
	Jieyang	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧, 喝
	Singapore (Teochew)	好臉
Wu	Shanghai	吹牛屄, 吹牛三
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吹牛屄
	Suzhou	吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄
	Danyang	吹牛屄
	Hangzhou	吹牛屄
	Ningbo	吹牛屄, 扯蛋, 扯老蛋, 講大話
Xiang	Loudi	吹牛皮
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad.		喝
simp. ^#		喝
alternative forms		𡁁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yè (ye⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yè
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
  - Yale: yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jit³
  - Yale: yit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: 'aejH

Rime
Character	喝
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於犗切
Baxter	'aejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/ʔai^H/
Wang Li	/æi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喝
Reading #	1/3
No.	5015
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	喝
Old Chinese	/*qraːds/

Definitions

喝

(literary, of one's voice) hoarse

Compounds

嘶喝

Etymology 4

trad.		喝
simp. ^#		喝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hē, hè (he¹, he⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ, ㄏㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: he
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹
  - Yale: hē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hè
  - Wade–Giles: ho⁴
  - Yale: hè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

喝

alternative form of 嗬 (“hey”)

Etymology 5

trad.		喝
simp. ^#		喝

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoah

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoah
  - Tâi-lô: huah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /huaʔ⁵/

Definitions

喝

(Quanzhou Hokkien) so

Synonyms

那麼／那么 (nàme)
(Hokkien) 遐 (hiah), 遐爾／遐尔, 遐爾仔／遐尔仔

Dialectal synonyms of 這麼 (“this; so; such (modifies adj.)”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		如此
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		如此
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	這麼
	Taiwan	這麼
	Harbin	這麼
	Malaysia	這樣
	Singapore	這樣, 這麼
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	這麼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	這麼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	陣
	Wanrong	這麼
	Xi'an	這們, 陣
	Xining	這們
	Xuzhou	恁麼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	這麼
	Lanzhou	這們
	Ürümqi	這麼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	這們, 這麼, 嘞們
	Wuhan	這麼, 這樣, 這個樣子
	Guiyang	仲個
	Guilin	這樣
	Liuzhou	陣, 哏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	這麼, 這樣子
	Yangzhou	這們
	Nantong	格麼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咁
	Hong Kong	咁
	Foshan	咁
	Taishan	該
	Dongguan	呢咁, 咁
	Yunfu	咁
	Yangjiang	果樣, 拱
	Xinyi	咁
	Nanning	咁
	Wuzhou	咁
	Yulin	咁
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	果
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咁
	Penang (Guangfu)	咁
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咁
Gan	Nanchang	箇
	Lichuan	該樣
	Pingxiang	箇, 箇史
Hakka	Meixian	恁
	Xingning	恁, 咁
	Huidong (Daling)	恁, 咁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	咁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	咁
	Changting	仰
	Wuping	恁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	恁
	Liancheng	樣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	恁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	恁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	恁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	恁
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	咁
	Senai (Huiyang)	恁
	Kuching (Hepo)	恁
Huizhou	Jixi	爾的
Jin	Taiyuan	這來
Jin	Xinzhou	這啦, 這麼, 這來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𱕇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	只滿, 只
	Fuqing	者滿
	Singapore (Fuqing)	者滿
Southern Min	Xiamen	遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔
	Quanzhou	拙, 拙幹
	Jinjiang	拙, 拙爾, 障, 障爾
	Zhangzhou	遮爾, 遮爾仔
	Tainan	遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按呢
	Manila (Hokkien)	奐, 現, 喝, 遐, 遮, 拙
	Chaozhou	照, 照生
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	照
	Singapore (Teochew)	只生
	Leizhou	偌
	Haikou	只, 者
Puxian Min	Putian	只何
Puxian Min	Xianyou	只何
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	更
Wu	Shanghai	搿能, 搿能介, 搿個能, 介, 實能 dated, 實個能 dated
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	迭能
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	若介, 實介, 能, 能介
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	迭個能
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	迭能
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	格末, 格能介, 着介
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	介
	Shanghai (Jiading)	實恁
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	實倫
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	特能, 迭能, 實能
	Shanghai (Chongming)	能
	Suzhou	該實梗, 該尚, 哀實梗, 哀尚, 實梗, 尚
	Danyang	根
	Hangzhou	價套, 價, 實價套, 實價
	Ningbo	介
	Wenzhou	該恁, 恁
	Jinhua	帳, 格生, 格亨, 喪
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	絞麼
Xiang	Changsha	咯樣
Xiang	Quanzhou	這麼

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 喝 – see 𡁁 (“sound”). (This character is a variant form of 𡁁).

Japanese

Shinjitai	喝
Kyūjitai	喝 `喝` or 喝+`︀`^?
	喝󠄁 喝+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	喝󠄃 喝+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

喝

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 喝)

Readings

Compounds

喝采(かっさい) (kassai)
喝破(かっぱ) (kappa)

Interjection

喝(かつ) • (katsu)

(Buddhism) an interjection uttered by Zen Buddhist masters to scold their students

Noun

喝(かつ) • (katsu)

a loud exclamation or scolding

References

^ “喝”, in 漢字ぺディア ‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

喝 • (gal, ae) (hangeul 갈, 애, McCune–Reischauer kal, ae)

Compounds

喝采 (갈채, galchae, “applause”)
喝取 (갈취, galchwi, “blackmailing”)
喝破 (갈파, galpa, “proclamation”)

Vietnamese

Han character

喝: Hán Nôm readings: hát, ạc, hét, hết, hít, ặc, kệ, kháo, ha

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[1] “喝”, in 漢字ぺディア ‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Translingual

Alternative forms

Han character

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Descendants

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

Compounds

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

See also

Etymology 6

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Interjection

Noun

References

Korean

Hanja

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia