ひひ

See also: ひび and びび

Japanese

Etymology

/pipi/ → /ɸiɸi/ → /hihi/

Adverb

ひひ or ヒヒ • (hihi) 

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of an animal

See also

• ひひらく (hihiraku)

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of ひひ – see the following entry.

【狒々】 [noun] (Japanese mythology, folklore) a hihi (Japanese monkey-like yokai) [noun] a baboon, primate of the genus Papio Alternative spellings 狒狒, 比々, 比比, ヒヒ

(This term, ひひ (hihi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ひひ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひひ.)