hihi

See also: hīhī

English

Etymology 1

See hehe.

Interjection

hihi

1. Alternative form of hehe.

Etymology 2

From Māori hihi (“ray of sun”)

Noun

hihi (plural hihis)

1. Synonym of stitchbird.

Chinese

Etymology

From English hi. Originally used in the word censor implemented in Hong Kong Golden Forum.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹ haai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai¹ haai¹
    • Yale: hāai hāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹ haai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai¹ hai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯⁵⁵ haːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

hihi

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

Verb

hi⫽hi (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) synonym of 仆街

Adjective

hihi

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) synonym of 仆街

Related terms

• hi

See also

• hi auntie
• 向左走向右走

External links

• Hi Hi on The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong

Gullah

Alternative forms

• 'hihi, higuhi, 'higu'hi, huhu, 'hu'hu

Etymology

From Vai hihi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.hi/, /hi.ɡə.hi/, /hu.hu/

Noun

hihi

1. (biology) owl

References

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fifi (compare with Māori whiwhi “to entangle, to wrap around”, Tahitian fifi “chain”) related to Proto-Oceanic *pisi (compare with Tongan fifi “tangled, intricate, complicated”, Samoan fisi “entwine” and Fijian vici “to bind, to coil”).

Verb

hihi

1. to entangle, to intertwine
2. to intermingle
3. to creep, to spread

Derived terms

• lā'au hihi

Noun

hihi

1. entanglement, web
2. snare

Japanese

Romanization

hihi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひひ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヒヒ

Malay

Interjection

hihi

1. hehe

Māori

Noun

hihi

1. feeler, antenna

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhi.hi]
• Hyphenation: hi‧hi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *sisi. Cognates include Samoan sisi and Tuvaluan hihi.

Verb

hihi (plural tahihi)

1. (transitive) to hoist
2. (transitive) to hang

Noun

hihi

1. the act of hoisting
2. the act of hanging

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *sisi. Cognates include Fijian cici and Tuvaluan sisi.

Noun

hihi

1. a scraper for coconuts

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Samoan sisi, from English cheese.

Noun

hihi

1. cheese

Etymology 4

Noun

hihi

1. lower jawbone of a fish

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 317