hehe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hehe"

English

Alternative forms

• he-he, hee-hee

Etymology

From Middle English hehe, from Old English he he.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛhɛ~hihi/

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

hehe (with as many "he"s as necessary to best delineate the length of laughter)

1. An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.

   And then his trousers fell down, hehe.

Translations

sound of a giggle

• Catalan: he he (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘿嘿 (zh) (hēihēi), 哈哈 (zh) (hāhā)

• Finnish: hehee
• French: héhé
• German: hihi (de), haha (de)
• Icelandic: hehe n, haha n
• Japanese: 呵呵 (かか, kaka), わはは (wahaha), あはは (ahaha)
• Portuguese: hehe, hihi
• Russian: хе-хе́ (ru) (xe-xé), ха-ха́ (ru) (xa-xá)
• Spanish: jeje
• Swedish: hehe
• Turkish: haha, hehe, hihi

See also

• haha
• lol
• teehee

Chinese

Etymology

Reduplication of English he (“third-person singular masculine pronoun”), indicating the involvement of two males.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hi¹ hi¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hi¹ hi¹
    • Yale: hī hī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hi¹ hi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hi¹ hi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵/

Adjective

hehe

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay [since 2010s]

Synonyms

• 基 (gei¹), gay

Noun

hehe

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) gay; male homosexual [since 2010s]

Verb

hehe

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang, of males) to engage in homosexual activities [since 2010s]

Synonyms

• 搞基 (gaau² gei¹)

Coordinate terms

• sheshe (“lesbian”)

Further reading

• Hehe on The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong

Manchu

Romanization

hehe

1. Romanization of ᡥᡝᡥᡝ

Portuguese

Interjection

hehe

1. hehe (sound of a giggle)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Samoan fe'e, Hawaiian heʻe, Tongan feke.

Noun

hehe

1. octopus

Romanian

Interjection

hehe

1. Alternative form of hei

Swedish

Interjection

hehe

1. hehe

See also

• fniss (“a half-suppressed laugh”)
• höhö (“huehue”)
• tihi (“tee hee”)