嗨皮

Chinese

		oh alas	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (嗨皮)		嗨	皮

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English happy.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāipí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞ ㄆㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāipí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: haipí
    • Wade–Giles: hai¹-pʻi²
    • Yale: hāi-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haipyi
    • Palladius: хайпи (xajpi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/

Verb

嗨皮

1. (neologism, slang) to be happy; to enjoy oneself

Related terms

• (Cantonese) happy (hep1 pi2)

See also

• 嗨 (hāi)
• 嗨嘍／嗨喽 (hāilou)
• 嗨囉／嗨啰