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
Conjugation of "はいはいする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") はいはいし haihai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") はいはいし haihai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") はいはいする haihai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") はいはいする haihai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") はいはいすれ haihai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 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

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