hè

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Cognate with German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

hè

  1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) to have

References

Corsican

Pronunciation

Verb

hè

  1. third-person singular present indicative of esse, essa

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛ/
  • Audio(file)

Interjection

hè

  1. huh; said when surprised or puzzled.
    Hè? Wat gebeurde er nou?
    Huh? What just happened?
  2. ugh, aww; said when disappointed or annoyed.
    Hè, doe niet zo kinderachtig!
    Ugh, don't be such a baby!
  3. (as a question at the end of a statement) does it?, is it?, right?, eh?; creates a tag question.
    Dat was niet zo slim van je, hè?
    That was not so clever of you, was it?

Related terms

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hè – see 歲 (“Jupiter; year; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 歲).

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

hè (he4, Zhuyin ㄏㄜˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佫
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俰
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吓
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咁
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 和
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喜
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗃
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚅
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壑
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暍
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焃
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煂
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 熇
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爀
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猬
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癋
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皬
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砺
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碋
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翯
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荰
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠚
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袔
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褐
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賀／贺
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赫
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隺
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霈
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靎
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靏
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬩／阋
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵝／鹅
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶴／鹤
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鸖
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹤
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黑
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 龠

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 夏 (“summer”, SV: hạ). Doublet of hạ. Compare xe and xa, chè and trà. Also compare Japanese go-on reading げ (ge) and kan-on reading か (ka) of the same Chinese word.

Noun

hè • (夏)

  1. summer
    nghỉ hè ― to be on summer break
Usage notes
  • Compared to hạ, hè is somewhat less literary and, as a stand-alone noun, is more often used.
See also
Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”) hè, hạ (“summer”) thu (“fall; autumn”) đông (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Noun

hè • (厦, 𡏘)

  1. (architecture) a porch
    Đem xe vào nhà chứ đừng để ngoài hè.
    Bring the bike inside, don't leave it outside on the porch.
  2. Short for vỉa hè (“sidewalk; pavement”).
    Ở Việt Nam, nhiều cửa hàng lấn chiếm hè phố làm chỗ đậu xe.
    In Vietnam, many stores and shops appropriate sidewalks for parking space.
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