hai

A purposeful misspelling.

hai

1. (Internet slang) hi

• AIH, HIA, ahi

hai

1. yes

hai

1. fire

• Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)

1. shark

• haikala

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯/, [ˈhɑi̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• Hyphenation: hai

< Swedish haj (“shark”) < Dutch haai (“shark”) < Old Norse hákarl (“shark”)

hai

1. shark

• haikala

< English high < high card

hai

1. (poker) high card

Often preceded with the rank of the high card, such as ässähai for "ace high (card)".

• pari, kaksi paria, neljän suora, neljän väri, kolmoset, suora, väri, täyskäsi, neloset, viitoset, värisuora, kuningasvärisuora

• iha

• ha

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

   Hai dous nomes diferentes. — "There are two different names."

• IPA^(key): /haɪ/

hai

1. hi

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯/
• Homophone: ai

hai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avere

• ahi

hai

1. Rōmaji transcription of はい

Cognate to Dutch hij (“he”). Compare German Low German hei (“he”).

hai

1. he
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     Hai waz nît tevrêde täus […]

     He was not content at home […]

hai

1. Nonstandard spelling of hāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hài.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• xai (in older Americanist literature)

From the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”)

• IPA^(key): [xɑj]

• Audio (NV)

  (file)

hai

1. winter

   Haigo deeskʼaaz łeh. ― It’s usually cold in the winter.

• haidą́ą́ʼ (“last winter”)
• haigo (“in winter”)
• haiʼííłnííʼ (“midwinter”)
• dííghaaí (“this winter”)

From Dutch haai

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)

1. a shark

• “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Dutch haai

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)

1. a shark

• “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [haj]

• audio

  (file)

hai

1. (with subjunctives) let's

   hai să mergem

   let's go

Hai is a word expressing inclination toward an action. It is often used to introduce suggestions, such as that in the given example.

• haide, haidem, haideți

• (Puter, Vallader) hei

hai

1. (Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

• bainschi hai

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

• IPA^(key): /ai/, [ai̯]

hai

1. (Chile) Informal second-person singular (vos) present indicative form of haber.
2. (archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are

   Hai dos tiendas que venden películas.

   There are two stores that sell films.

• (impersonal form of haber): hay

From English hi.

hai

1. hello

From Proto-Vietic *haːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *lʔaar, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] âṅ; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *biʔaar). An /h/ appeared in a similar manner to hết and hắn. Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ពីរ (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ၜါ (ba).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]

hai (台, 𠄩)

1. (cardinal) two

hai (台, 𠄩)

1. (Southern Vietnam, ordinal, of a sibling) eldest; firstborn

   anh/chị hai

   eldest brother/sister

   bác hai

   eldest brother/sister of one's parent

   Synonym: cả

• cả hai (“both”)
• tháng hai (“February”)
• thứ hai (“Monday”)

• nhị
• nhì