"hi" meaning in Chinese

See hi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /haːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /haːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: haai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hāai [Cantonese, Yale], haai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English hi. Doublet of 嗨 (hāi). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|hi}} English hi, {{doublet|zh|嗨}} Doublet of 嗨 (hāi) Head templates: {{head|zh|interjection}} hi
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) hi (interjection) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-hi-zh-intj-3vjjub93 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /haːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /haːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: haai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hāai [Cantonese, Yale], haai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English hi, see hi auntie for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|hi}} English hi, {{m|zh|hi auntie}} hi auntie Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} hi
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic, originally Internet slang, neologism) Alternative form of 屌 (diu²) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, alt-of, alternative, euphemistic, neologism Alternative form of: (extra: diu²) Related terms: hi auntie, hihi, 向左走向右走
    Sense id: en-hi-zh-verb-orsE5w4R Categories (other): Chinese euphemisms, 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: 5 70 25 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 2 66 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /haːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /haːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: haai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hāai [Cantonese, Yale], haai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Irregular romanisation of 揩 (haai¹). Etymology templates: {{m|yue|揩}} 揩 (haai¹) Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} hi
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 揩 (haai¹) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: (extra: haai¹)
    Sense id: en-hi-zh-verb-71z-tfRU Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for hi meaning in Chinese (4.1kB)

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