hāi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hāi – see 害 (“to harm; to maim; to injure; to cause to do; to result in; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 害).

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• hai

Etymology

From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai/, /hɛi/

Pronoun

hāi

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

     Hāi waz nît tevrêde täus […]

     He was not content at home […]

Inflection

Jersey Dutch personal pronouns

	subject	subject	object	object	possessive	possessive	possessive
	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	äk	'k	māi	me, mê	māin	māi	māine
2nd person	jāi	je	jāu	je	jāu	je	jāue
3rd person masculine	hāi	he	häm	h'm		z'n
3rd person feminine	zāi	ze	hœr	h'r	hœr	h'r	hœre
3rd person neuter	hät	it	hät	it		z'n
1st person plural	wāi	we, wê	on̈s, on̈z		on̈s, on̈z, on̈ze		on̈ze
2nd person plural	jœlli	je	jœlli	je	jœlli	je	jœlliz
3rd person plural	hœlli, zāi	ze		se	hœlli		hœlliz

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• hai — nonstandard

Romanization

hāi (hai¹, Zhuyin ㄏㄞ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗨
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咍

Namuyi

Etymology

From hǟ (“to buy”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦaːj˨˨˦]

Verb

hāi

1. to be going to buy

   ngâ hāi ― I am going to buy that