hei

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Contents 1 Dutch 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Interjection 2.3 Anagrams 3 Galician 3.1 Verb 4 Mandarin 4.1 Pinyin syllable 4.1.1 Usage notes 5 Norwegian 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Interjection 5.1.1.1 Derived terms 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Noun 5.2.1.1 References 6 Scots 6.1 Pronoun 6.1.1 See also

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈhɛi]

[edit] Noun

hei

1. a heath/heather (any member of the Ericaceae)

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: hei
• Rhymes: -ei
• IPA: [ˈhei]

[edit] Interjection

hei

1. hi
2. bye (often repeated twice for goodbye: "hei hei")
3. hey

[edit] Anagrams

• hie

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

hei

1. first-person singular present indicative of haber.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

hei

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having the tone, hēi.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei

[edit] Interjection

hei

1. (greeting) hi
   • hei!
     • hi!

[edit] Derived terms

• heie

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr

[edit] Noun

hei m. and f. (Bokmål and Nynorsk)

1. a heath

[edit] References

• “hei” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronoun

hei

1. (South Scots, personal) he

[edit] See also

• ei