喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of huh as a short raw sound you push out instead of a real word — a little vocal reflex that lets the other person read your reaction straight away.

可以想成一個直接從喉嚨推出來的短促聲音，還來不及變成正式的字。它像一個反射動作，把你當下的狀態（沒聽清、想確認、或有…更多收起可以想成一個直接從喉嚨推出來的短促聲音，還來不及變成正式的字。它像一個反射動作，把你當下的狀態（沒聽清、想確認、或有點意外）立刻丟出去讓對方去讀。

Two branches

向對方討回應

同一個短聲音丟給對方，等著換回一點東西——請他重講，或請他點頭。

huh? (didn't hear) · interjection · A2

A sound you make to show that you did not hear or understand what someone said.

蛤？

洩漏自己的反應

這次聲音不是丟給對方，而是自己心裡的反應不小心漏了出來。

huh (surprise/doubt) · interjection · A2

A short sound you make to show surprise, doubt, or that you are not impressed.

哼／喔？

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

HUHname

  • 1

    rail-transportrailwaystransportThe station code of Hung Hom in Hong Kong.

Huhname

  • 1

    A surname.

huhintj/hʌ/

  • 1

    Used to express doubt or confusion.

    • Huh? Where did they go?
  • 2

    Used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

    • Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
  • 3

    Used to reinforce a question.

    • Where were you last night? Huh?
  • 4

    slangUsed either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

    • (belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park; it would be fun." B: "Huh."
    • (agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!"
  • 5

    informalUsed to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

    • Huh? Could you speak up?
  • 6

    informalUsed to create a tag question.

    • It's getting kind of late, huh?
  • 7

    Representing the sound of heavy breathing.

    • He broke into a dogtrot and ran by us. I don't think he saw us. His voice was coming in little puffs, huh, huh, huh, but he probably didn't notice that either.
    • It was up so many flights of stairs that people would arrive for meetings drenched in sweat: "They were like huh huh huh [panting] - where the hell are you?!"
  • 8

    Representing a chuckling sound.

    • Mr. [Lambert] Wilson says this with a soft chuckle, sounding a bit like huh huh huh.
    • Helen starts laughing, properly now. Huh-huh-huh.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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    governmenthobbieslifestyleA kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

    • Shawn quickly turns around and punches the pale hand, yelling "Huh! Huh! Hi yah'! Huh! Get off me! Yeah!"
    • He gets out of the chair, whips off his jacket, and starts closing in on the camera, punching rapidly as he moves. A left hook, a right jab. "Hey, I'm a boxer and a marine! So don't mess with me, man! Semper fi! Marine Corps! They better not mess with me! My critics better not mess with me, man, 'cause I'm gonna beat you up. Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmmm, heeeyah, huh, huh. Hmmm, yeah!"

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。