English

1. scare, frighten
2. used after a verb to express that an action was ongoing but for some reason it happens to be affected in some way by another action
3. used at the end of an utterance to show that both sides have reached a consensus and to request confirmation from the other party
4. to do something tentatively or not too seriously, or to express uncertainty in doing some action
5. "What?"; "Huh?"; an interjection used to express disagreement, question, puzzlement, astonishment or new discovery
6. intimidate
7. used to indicate a continual and unhasty action
8. "Sorry?", "Excuse me?"; used to request the other person to repeat or clarify
9. used to indicate degree with 幾 gei2 to soften the original tone

粵語

1. 喺動詞後面，表示一個進行緊，但因為某啲原因而受影響嘅動作
2. 加喺句尾，表示啱啱嘅內容係雙方嘅共識，要求對方確認
3. 暫時性或唔太認真噉進行一個動作或者表示對行動唔肯定
4. 表示反對、質問、疑惑、驚訝、發現嘅嘆詞
5. 表示一個進行緊、唔急趕嘅動作
6. 表示希望對方重覆、澄清
7. 用「幾」形容程度嘅時候，有減輕語氣嘅作用

Variants

• 嚇traditional

Words containing 吓

• 試吓si3 haa5

  To give it a try

• 家吓gaa1 haa5

  now; at this moment

• 遲吓ci4 haa5

  after a while; later on

• 郁吓juk1 haa5

  easily; used to express that an undesirable event takes place frequently and is triggered by trivial things

• 眨吓眼zaam2 haa5 ngaan5

  in a very short time; in the blink of an eye [colloquial]

• 吓話haa6 waa5
• 啊吓aa3 haa2
• 行吓haang4 haa5

  walk a bit; to take a short walk

• 呢吓nei1 haa2

  This time

• 吓吓haa5 haa5

  everytime; all the time; always [colloquial]

• 吓吓haa5 haa5

  everytime; all the time; always [colloquial]

• 轉吓眼zyun2 haa5 ngaan5

  after a short while; also used to describe how time flies

• 死死吓sei2 sei2 haa5

  (adjective) struggling; suffering; moribund

• 估吓gu2 haa5

  take a guess

• 睇吓tai2 haa3

  (verb) look; check it out or (adverb) that depends on…

• 烏吓烏吓wu1 haa5 wu1 haa5

  messy; sloppy; stupid looking [colloquial]

• 烏吓烏吓wu1 haa5 wu1 haa5

  messy; sloppy; stupid looking [colloquial]

• 諗吓nam2 haa5

  to consider; to think about something [colloquial]

• 斟吓zam1 haa5

  verb; have a brief talk; consult; consider

• 講吓笑gong2 haa5 siu3

  to joke

• 去八吓heoi3 baat3 haa5

  to go and nose around; to be nosey; to have a gossip [colloquial]

• 嗰吓go2 haa5
• 唞吓tau2 haa5

  have a rest

• 泵泵吓dam1 dam1 haa5

  to procrastinate [colloquial]