"hehe" meaning in Chinese

See hehe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hī hī [Cantonese, Yale], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yue}} Reduplication, {{der|yue|en|he||third-person singular masculine pronoun}} English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} hehe
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, neologism, slang Synonyms: (gei¹), (gei1), gay
    Sense id: en-hehe-zh-adj-WGrLPGus Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese

Noun

IPA: /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hī hī [Cantonese, Yale], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yue}} Reduplication, {{der|yue|en|he||third-person singular masculine pronoun}} English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} hehe
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay; male homosexual Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-hehe-zh-noun-M9p-ycfa Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese

Verb

IPA: /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hī hī [Cantonese, Yale], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hi¹ hi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yue}} Reduplication, {{der|yue|en|he||third-person singular masculine pronoun}} English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} hehe
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang, of males) to engage in homosexual activities Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, neologism, slang Synonyms: 搞基 (gaau² gei¹), 搞基 (gaau2 gei1) Coordinate_terms: sheshe (english: lesbian)
    Sense id: en-hehe-zh-verb-nAl-dkBR Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 95 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 3 3 94

Download JSON data for hehe meaning in Chinese (4.9kB)

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