hai

• “Didn’t I learn then how the call comes, “Hai, hai, hai”?”

  Chasers. V. Mist Forms

• “Lovely colours and such a touching gesture ... lagta nahin hai, lekin mera dil hindustani hi hai!”

  Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani......

• “Why do you think An-te-hai is so eager to devote himself to her?”

  Empress Orchid by Anchee Min: Questions

• “Note 9: Xia Lin's "Min hai ji yao" 閩海紀要, for example, contains the following passage: "Coyett sent the translator He Bin to pay tribute of foreign treasures (貢外國珍寶) to Chenggong and ask for trade.”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

• “But people like Zhang were supposed to be different: he's what Chinese call a hai gui — "sea turtle" — referring to someone who has lived overseas.”

  Newsweek: Rise of The Sea Turtles

• “Compare the Chinese expression hai liang (sea measure) meaning capacious or broad minded.”

  Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3

• “Rani ka surname hai Mukherjee. asbarali Rani Mukherjee mobbed by fans in Delhi!”

  Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7

• “Other native words, such as hai ( "sea," meaning "lake"), and dan (river, lake), are still widely used in the present day.”

  Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)

• “If I could just learn to remember some other Japanese phrases than "hai" and "kampai" it would be very useful...”

  Saturday 2008-03-09: Getting there.

• “He taught me "hai" and was delighted when I could construct a simple sentence about my sea creatures in the "ocean.”

  Archive 2008-02-01

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