はいはい
Japanese
Etymology 1
Reduplication of はい (hai).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) はいはい [háꜜì hàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ha̠i ha̠i]
Interjection
はいはい • (hai hai)
- yeah, sure (interjection of understanding and mild dismissal)
Etymology 2
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 這い這い |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) はいはい [háꜜìhàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ha̠iha̠i]
Noun
はいはい or ハイハイ • (haihai) ←はひはひ (fafifafi)?
- (childish) crawling of a baby
See also
- ずりばい (zuribai)
- よつんばい (yotsunbai)
Verb
はいはいする or ハイハイする • (haihai suru) ←はひはひ (fafifafi)? suru (stem はいはいし (haihai shi), past はいはいした (haihai shita))
- (childish, of a baby) to crawl
Conjugation
Conjugation of "はいはいする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | はいはいし | haihai shi | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | はいはいし | haihai shi | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | はいはいする | haihai suru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | はいはいする | haihai suru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | はいはいすれ | haihai sure | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | はいはいせよ¹ はいはいしろ² | haihai seyo¹ haihai shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | はいはいされる | haihai sareru | ||
| Causative | はいはいさせる はいはいさす | haihai saseru haihai sasu | ||
| Potential | はいはいできる | haihai dekiru | ||
| Volitional | はいはいしよう | haihai shiyō | ||
| Negative | はいはいしない | haihai shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | はいはいせず | haihai sezu | ||
| Formal | はいはいします | haihai shimasu | ||
| Perfective | はいはいした | haihai shita | ||
| Conjunctive | はいはいして | haihai shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | はいはいすれば | haihai sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN