呵

hē · he/ā · a

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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hē 呵

  1. expel breath
  2. my goodness

ā 呵

  1. variant of 啊 (ā)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

呵(hē),今(jīn)天(tiān)的(de)天(tiān)气(qì)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)啊(a)!

My goodness, the weather today is really nice!

02

他(tā)往(wǎng)玻(bō)璃(li)上(shàng)呵(hē)了(le)一(yì)口(kǒu)气(qì)。

He breathed a puff of air onto the glass.

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