What does hi mean?

Definitions for hi
haɪhi

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hi.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-donoun

    an expression of greeting

    "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"

  2. Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HInoun

    a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

Wiktionary

  1. hiinterjection

    A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.

  2. hiadjective

    Informal spelling of high, often hyphenated.

    Get hi-quality videos here!

  3. Etymology: : American English (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hy, hey (circa 1475) also an exclamation to call attention.

ChatGPT

  1. Hi

    Hi is a commonly used informal greeting or salutation exchanged between individuals, typically used to initiate a conversation or acknowledge someone's presence in a friendly and casual manner.

Wikidata

  1. Hi

    ひ, in hiragana, or ヒ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both can be written in two strokes, sometimes one for hiragana, and both are phonemically although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is. The pronunciation of the voiceless palatal fricative [ç] is similar to that of the English word hue [çuː] for some speakers. In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ヒ can be written as small ㇶ to represent a final h sound after an i sound. Along with other extended katakana, this was developed to represent sounds in Ainu that are not present in standard Japanese katakana.

Editors Contribution

  1. hi

    somthing that you say


    Submitted by justin on August 29, 2020  


  2. hi

    A form of greeting that you used to acknowledge that the person is there.


    Submitted by noahl.04178 on February 23, 2021  


  3. hinoun

    An informal greeting

    "Hi!" the child said to his friend.

    Etymology: No real etymology.


    Submitted by swoodruff48 on November 2, 2021  


  4. hiverb

    Where someone greets you with words.

    Ur Mom said "hi" to bob.


    Submitted by suckemballs on December 31, 2021  


  5. hinoun

    Hello.

    Hi,Bob!

    Etymology: Short for hello


    Submitted by OdieTheDog111 on October 18, 2022  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HI

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hi is ranked #60790 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hi surname appeared 331 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hi.

    39.8% or 132 total occurrences were Asian.
    24.4% or 81 total occurrences were White.
    24.1% or 80 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    8.1% or 27 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'hi' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1768

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hi in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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