English Dictionary

huh

/hʌ/

intj

(with falling pitch) Used to express amusement or subtle surprise. / (with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion. / (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

Huh, I didn't expect that.

意味（1）

(with falling pitch) Used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

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

意味（2）

(with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion.

Huh? Where did they go?

意味（3）

(with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

Where were you last night? Huh?

意味（4）

(slang, with falling pitch) Used 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.

意味（5）

(informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

Huh? Could you speak up?

意味（6）

(informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

It's getting kind of late, huh?