呵
hē HSK7

scold

呵 hē
breathe verb
to expel breath or breathe out softly

天气太冷了，他往手上呵了一口气。

tiān​qì tài lěng le, tā wǎng shǒu shàng hē le yī kǒu qì.

It was so cold that he breathed on his hands to warm them.

laughter interjection
an onomatopoeia representing the sound of laughter, often reduplicated

他听完笑话后呵地乐了一声。

tā tīng wán xiào​hua hòu hē de lè le yī shēng.

He let out a chuckle after hearing the joke.

scold verb
to scold or berate, typically used in compound words

老师厉声呵斥了那个淘气的学生。

lǎo​shī lì​shēng hē chì le nà gè táo​qì de xué​sheng.

The teacher sternly rebuked the naughty student.

surprise interjection
an interjection expressing surprise or exclamation

呵，你什么时候回来的？

hē, nǐ shén​me shí​hou huí​lai de?

Oh, when did you get back?

Cross-References

Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,861st most common 43.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,640th most common 35.2 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
14.3 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
16.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5475

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)