Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Reduplication of はい (hai).

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

はいはい (hai hai

  1. yeah, sure (interjection of understanding and mild dismissal)

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative spelling
這い這い

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

はいはい or ハイハイ (haihaiはひはひ (fafifafi)?

  1. (childish) crawling of a baby
See also edit

Verb edit

はいはいする or ハイハイする (haihai suruはひはひ (fafifafi)?suru (stem はいはい (haihaisuru shi), past はいはいした (haihaisuru shita))

  1. (childish, of a baby) to crawl
Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN