はいはい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Reduplication of はい (hai).

Pronunciation

Interjection

はいはい • (hai hai

  1. yeah, sure (interjection of understanding and mild dismissal)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
這い這い

Reduplication of () (hai), continuative form of () (hau).

Pronunciation

Noun

はいはい or ハイハイ • (haihaiはひはひ (fafifafi)?

  1. (childish) crawling of a baby
See also

Verb

はいはいする or ハイハイする • (haihai suruはひはひ (fafifafi)?suru (stem はいはい (haihai shi), past はいはいした (haihai shita))

  1. (childish, of a baby) to crawl
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN