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hai

/ˈhaɪ̯/

hai interjection: hi.

Interjection

  1. (Internet, endearing) Hi.
    • As her famously no-BS longtime PT Don Saladino, who has a next-level celeb roster (oh HAIII, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt!), told WH: ‘It’s about improving your body’s resilience and energy […] making sure we’re optimising everything we do’.2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health

Noun capitalized: HAI

HAI (plural HAIs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of hospital-acquired infection.

Forms of hai

pluralHAIs

Origin of hai

Intentional misspelling modelled after romaji.

Phrases with hai

Questions about hai

What does hai mean?
Hai means hi.
What part of speech is hai?
Hai can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce hai?
Hai is pronounced /ˈhaɪ̯/.

Words near hai in the dictionary

  1. hahnium
  2. Hahns
  3. Hahnville
  4. HAHO
  5. hahs
  6. hai
  7. Hai Lok Hong
  8. Hai Phong
  9. Hai'an
  10. Hai-feng
  11. Hai-hsi

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hai (page history and authors); HAI (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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