哈基米

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哈基米)		哈	基	米
simp. #(哈基米)		哈	基	米

Etymology

"honey water," fandom slang

Borrowed from Japanese はちみー (hachimī), a corrupted form of 蜂蜜(はちみつ) (hachimitsu). Popularized by a song sung by Tokai Teio from the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise in Episode 12, Season 2 of its anime series. Meaning spread from honey water to cute animals probably through Chinese TikTokers when they started calling animals by this word in order to sound cute in various videos.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hājīmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hājīmǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hajimǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-chi¹-mi³
    • Yale: hā-jī-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hajimii
    • Palladius: хацзими (xaczimi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

哈基米 (Internet slang, fandom slang, Mainland China)

1. honey water

   Synonym: (standard) 蜂蜜水 (fēngmì shuǐ)

2. cute animals, particularly cats

   • 今年新開90多家公司叫哈基米 [MSC, trad.]
     今年新开90多家公司叫哈基米 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2023 July 28, in Sina News

     jīnnián xīn kāi 90 duō jiā gōngsī jiào hājīmǐ [Pinyin]

     More than 90 start-ups are named "Hajimi" this year

Proper noun

哈基米

1. A transliteration of the Arabic surname حكيمي (Hakimi)

   阿什拉夫·哈基米 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Āshílāfū Hājīmǐ [Pinyin]

   Achraf Hakimi

Further reading

• はちみー on Pixiv Encyclopedia.