Wiktionary

hehe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hehe"

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English hehe, from Old English he he.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɛhɛ~hihi/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Interjection

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hehe (with as many "he"s as necessary to best delineate the length of laughter)

  1. An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.
    And then his trousers fell down, hehe.

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males.

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Adjective

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hehe

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay [since 2010s]

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Noun

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hehe

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay; male homosexual [since 2010s]

Verb

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hehe

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang, of males) to engage in homosexual activities [since 2010s]

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Further reading

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  • Hehe on The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong

Manchu

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Romanization

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hehe

  1. Romanization of ᡥᡝᡥᡝ

Portuguese

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Interjection

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hehe

  1. hehe (sound of a giggle)

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Samoan fe'e, Hawaiian heʻe, Tongan feke.

Noun

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hehe

  1. octopus

Romanian

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Interjection

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hehe

  1. Alternative form of hei

Swedish

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Interjection

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hehe

  1. hehe

See also

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  • fniss (“a half-suppressed laugh”)
  • höhö (“huehue”)
  • tihi (“tee hee”)
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