はいはい

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Reduplication of はい (hai).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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はいはい (hai hai

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

Etymology 2

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Alternative spelling
這い這い

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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はいはい or ハイハイ (haihaiはひはひ (fafifafi)?

  1. (childish) crawling of a baby
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Verb

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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
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References

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