hè

hè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haa, ha, heen, hoh, hä, häbä

Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Cognate with German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

hè

1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) to have

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Homophones: e, è

Verb

hè

1. third-person singular present indicative of esse, essa

References

• “esse, essa” in Aiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛ/

• Audio

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Interjection

hè

1. huh; said when surprised or puzzled.

   Hè? Wat gebeurde er nou?

   Huh? What just happened?

2. ugh, aww; said when disappointed or annoyed.

   Hè, doe niet zo kinderachtig!

   Ugh, don't be such a baby!

3. (as a question at the end of a statement) does it?, is it?, right?, eh?; creates a tag question.

   Dat was niet zo slim van je, hè?

   That was not so clever of you, was it?

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• he (nonstandard)

Romanization

hè (he⁴, Zhuyin ㄏㄜˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佫.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俰.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吓.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咁.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 和.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喜.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗃.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚅.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壑.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暍.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焃.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煂.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 熇.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爀.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猬.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癋.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皬.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砺.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碋.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翯.
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荰.
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠚.
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袔.
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褐.
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賀, 贺.
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赫.
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隺.
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霈.
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靎.
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靏.
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬩.
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵝.
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶴.
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鸖.
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹤.
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黑.
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 龠.

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of hè – see 歲 (“Jupiter; year; etc.”). (This character, hè, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 歲.)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 夏 (“summer”, SV: hạ). Doublet of hạ. Compare xe and xa, chè and trà. Also compare Japanese go-on reading げ (ge) and kan-on reading か (ka) of the same Chinese word.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hɛ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hɛ˨˩]

Noun

hè • (复, 夏, 𢇱, 𡕵)

1. summer

   nghỉ hè ― to be on summer break

Usage notes

• Compared to hạ, hè is somewhat less literary and, as a stand-alone noun, is more often used.

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”)	hè, hạ (“summer”)	thu (“fall; autumn”)	đông (“winter”)

Noun

hè • (厦, 廈, 𡐯, 𡏘, 𡏛)

1. (architecture) a porch

   Đem xe vào nhà chứ đừng để ngoài hè.

   Bring the bike inside, don't leave it outside on the porch.

2. Short for vỉa hè (“sidewalk; pavement”).

   Ở Việt Nam, nhiều cửa hàng lấn chiếm hè phố làm chỗ đậu xe.

   In Vietnam, many stores and shops appropriate sidewalks for parking space.