hè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haa, ha, heen, hoh, hä, häbä

Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Cognate with German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

hè

1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) to have

References

• “hè” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Homophones: e, è

Verb

hè

1. third-person singular present indicative of esse

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛ/

• Audio

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Interjection

hè

1. huh; said when surprised or puzzled.

   Hè? Wat gebeurde er nou?

   Huh? What just happened?

2. ugh, aww; said when disappointed or annoyed.

   Hè, doe niet zo kinderachtig!

   Ugh, don't be such a baby!

3. (as a question at the end of a statement) does it?, is it?, right?, eh?; creates a tag question.

   Dat was niet zo slim van je, hè?

   That was not so clever of you, was it?

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Mandarin

Romanization

hè (Zhuyin ㄏㄜˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 佫
2. Pinyin transcription of 俰
3. Pinyin transcription of 吓
4. Pinyin transcription of 咁
5. Pinyin transcription of 和
6. Pinyin transcription of 喜
7. Pinyin transcription of 嗃
8. Pinyin transcription of 嚅
9. Pinyin transcription of 壑
10. Pinyin transcription of 暍
11. Pinyin transcription of 焃
12. Pinyin transcription of 煂
13. Pinyin transcription of 熇
14. Pinyin transcription of 爀
15. Pinyin transcription of 猬
16. Pinyin transcription of 癋
17. Pinyin transcription of 皬
18. Pinyin transcription of 砺
19. Pinyin transcription of 碋
20. Pinyin transcription of 翯
21. Pinyin transcription of 荰
22. Pinyin transcription of 蠚
23. Pinyin transcription of 袔
24. Pinyin transcription of 褐
25. Pinyin transcription of 賀, 贺
26. Pinyin transcription of 赫
27. Pinyin transcription of 隺
28. Pinyin transcription of 霈
29. Pinyin transcription of 靎
30. Pinyin transcription of 靏
31. Pinyin transcription of 鬩
32. Pinyin transcription of 鵝
33. Pinyin transcription of 鶴
34. Pinyin transcription of 鸖
35. Pinyin transcription of 鹤
36. Pinyin transcription of 黑
37. Pinyin transcription of 龠

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of hè – see 歲 (“Jupiter; year; etc.”). (This character, hè, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 歲.)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 夏 (“summer”, SV: hạ). Doublet of hạ.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hɛ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hɛ˨˩]

Noun

hè • (复, 夏, 𢇱, 𡕵)

1. summer

   nghỉ hè ― to be on summer break

Usage notes

• Compared to hạ, hè is somewhat less formal and, as a stand-alone noun, is more often used.

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text)
xuân (“spring”)	hè, hạ (“summer”)	thu (“fall; autumn”)	đông (“winter”)

Noun

hè • (厦, 廈, 𡐯, 𡏘, 𡏛)

1. sidewalk; pavement

See also

Derived terms

• vỉa hè