hai

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

Chasers. V. Mist Forms 1920

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

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani...... Cardamom 2007

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

Empress Orchid by Anchee Min: Questions 2004

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 2006

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.

Rise of The Sea Turtles 2008

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

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

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 2010

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) 2008

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. magnio 2008

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 Michael Turton 2008