Hey
//heɪ//
Translations of "hey" (45 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | αὕτη(exclamation to get attention), οὗτος(exclamation to get attention), ἄγε(exclamation to get attention), ἄγετε(exclamation to get attention) | haútē, hoûtos, áge, ágete | |
| Arabic | اسمع(exclamation to get attention), بقولك ايه(exclamation to get attention), هيه(exclamation to get attention), هَلَا(informal greeting), ياهو(exclamation to get attention), يَاه(exclamation to get attention) | hē, halā, yāhō, yāh | |
| Armenian | էյ(protest or reprimand), հեյ(exclamation to get attention), հեյ(protest or reprimand), հեյ(informal greeting), ողջույն(informal greeting) | ēy, hey, hey, hey, oġǰuyn | |
| Asturian | ei(informal greeting) | — | |
| Belarusian | гэй(exclamation to get attention), эй(exclamation to get attention) | hej, ej | |
| Bulgarian | хей(exclamation to get attention) | hej | |
| Catalan | eh(request for repetition or explanation), ei(exclamation to get attention), ei(informal greeting), ep(exclamation to get attention), ep(protest or reprimand) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 喂(exclamation to get attention) | wai³ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 哎(exclamation to get attention), 喂(exclamation to get attention), 嗨(exclamation to get attention), 嗨(informal greeting), 嘿(exclamation to get attention) | āi, wèi, hāi, hāi, hēi | |
| Czech | hej(exclamation to get attention), hele(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Danish | hallo(exclamation to get attention), hallo(protest or reprimand), hej(informal greeting), hej(country dancing figure) | — | |
| Dutch | hela(protest or reprimand), ho(protest or reprimand), hoi(informal greeting), hola(protest or reprimand), huh(expression of surprise), hè(expression of surprise), hé(exclamation to get attention), hé(protest or reprimand), hé(informal greeting), hey(country dancing figure) | — | |
| Esperanto | he(exclamation to get attention), hej(exclamation to get attention), hej(informal greeting) | — | |
| Estonian | hei(exclamation to get attention), hei(protest or reprimand), ohoh(expression of surprise), ohoo(expression of surprise) | — | |
| Finnish | hei(exclamation to get attention), hei(protest or reprimand), hei(informal greeting), hei(request for repetition or explanation), hei(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), moro(informal greeting), oh-hoh(expression of surprise), terve(informal greeting) | — | |
| French | coucou(informal greeting), holà(expression of surprise), hé(exclamation to get attention), hé(protest or reprimand) | — | |
| Galician | eh(exclamation to get attention), ei(exclamation to get attention), oi(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| German | Hallo(exclamation to get attention), ey(protest or reprimand) | — | |
| Hindi | अजी(exclamation to get attention), अरे(exclamation to get attention), रे(exclamation to get attention), हे(exclamation to get attention) | ajī, are, re, he | |
| Hungarian | figyelj(exclamation to get attention), figyu(exclamation to get attention), hahó(exclamation to get attention), hahó(informal greeting), helló(informal greeting), hé(exclamation to get attention), micsoda(request for repetition or explanation), nahát(expression of surprise), nocsak(expression of surprise), ácsi(protest or reprimand), állj(protest or reprimand) | — | |
| Irish | hé(exclamation to get attention), hóigh(exclamation to get attention), hóigh(informal greeting) | — | |
| Italian | ehi(exclamation to get attention), ehi(protest or reprimand), ou(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Japanese | おい(exclamation to get attention), おい(protest or reprimand), ねえ(exclamation to get attention), オラ(expression of surprise), ヘイ(informal greeting) | oi, oi, nē, ora, hei | |
| Kapampangan | na(exclamation to get attention), na(protest or reprimand), na(informal greeting), na(request for repetition or explanation), ne(exclamation to get attention), oi(protest or reprimand), oi(informal greeting), ot(protest or reprimand) | — | |
| Korean | 야(exclamation to get attention), 어이(exclamation to get attention), 이봐(exclamation to get attention) | ya, eoi, ibwa | |
| Latgalian | dzie(exclamation to get attention), klaus(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Latin | eho(exclamation to get attention), eho(informal greeting), heus(exclamation to get attention), jo(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), o(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), salve(exclamation to get attention), salvete(exclamation to get attention), ō(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable) | — | |
| Latvian | eu(exclamation to get attention), klau(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Louisiana Creole | hé(exclamation to get attention), hé(informal greeting) | — | |
| Malay | hei(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Māori | hā(exclamation to get attention), ētē(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Mongolian | хөөе(exclamation to get attention) | xööjö | |
| Occitan | èp(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Persian | هلا(exclamation to get attention), هی(exclamation to get attention) | halâ, hey | |
| Polish | e(exclamation to get attention), ej(exclamation to get attention), ej(protest or reprimand), ejże(protest or reprimand), hej(exclamation to get attention), hej(informal greeting), hola(protest or reprimand), o(expression of surprise), ojej(expression of surprise) | — | |
| Portuguese | e aí(informal greeting), ei(exclamation to get attention), ei(protest or reprimand), epa(protest or reprimand), epa(expression of surprise), hem(request for repetition or explanation), hey(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), hã(request for repetition or explanation), oi(informal greeting), opa(protest or reprimand), opa(expression of surprise), é(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable) | — | |
| Romanian | hei(exclamation to get attention), hop(expression of surprise) | — | |
| Russian | ку-ку(informal greeting), о(informal greeting), ого́(expression of surprise), ого́(expression of surprise), ой(expression of surprise), ух ты(expression of surprise), чо(request for repetition or explanation), что(request for repetition or explanation), э(protest or reprimand), эй(exclamation to get attention), эй(protest or reprimand) | ku-ku, o, ogó, ohó, oj, ux ty, čo, što, e, ej, ej | |
| Scottish Gaelic | haoidh(exclamation to get attention), hòigh(exclamation to get attention), hòigh(informal greeting) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | hej(exclamation to get attention), хеј(exclamation to get attention) | — | |
| Spanish | eh(exclamation to get attention), eh(protest or reprimand), eh(expression of surprise), eh(informal greeting), eh(request for repetition or explanation), ey(exclamation to get attention), ey(protest or reprimand), ey(expression of surprise), ey(informal greeting), ey(request for repetition or explanation), hao(exclamation to get attention), hey(exclamation to get attention), hey(protest or reprimand), hey(expression of surprise), hey(informal greeting), hey(request for repetition or explanation), hola(informal greeting), hopa(informal greeting), oír(exclamation to get attention), oír(protest or reprimand), oír(expression of surprise), oír(request for repetition or explanation) | — | |
| Swedish | du(exclamation to get attention), du(protest or reprimand), hallå(exclamation to get attention), hallå(protest or reprimand), hallå(request for repetition or explanation), hej(informal greeting), hej(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), hejsan(informal greeting), oj(expression of surprise), tjena(informal greeting), öh(exclamation to get attention), öh(protest or reprimand) | — | |
| Tagalog | a(expression of surprise), ah(expression of surprise), ei(informal greeting), ei(request for repetition or explanation), hoy(exclamation to get attention), hoy(protest or reprimand), hoy(informal greeting), hoy(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), huy(exclamation to get attention), huy(protest or reprimand), huy(informal greeting), huy(request for repetition or explanation), huy(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), oi(exclamation to get attention), oi(protest or reprimand), oi(expression of surprise), oi(informal greeting), oy(exclamation to get attention), oy(protest or reprimand), oy(expression of surprise), oy(informal greeting), oy(request for repetition or explanation), oy(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), talaga(expression of surprise), ui(exclamation to get attention), ui(protest or reprimand), ui(expression of surprise), ui(informal greeting), ui(request for repetition or explanation), ui(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable), uy(exclamation to get attention), uy(protest or reprimand), uy(expression of surprise), uy(informal greeting), uy(request for repetition or explanation), uy(meaningless beat marker, filler syllable) | — | |
| Ukrainian | гей(exclamation to get attention), ей(exclamation to get attention) | hej, ej | |
| Vietnamese | này(exclamation to get attention), ê(exclamation to get attention), ê(protest or reprimand), ơi(exclamation to get attention) | — |
ei
eh, ei, ei, ep, ep
hej, hele
hallo, hallo, hej, hej
hela, ho, hoi, hola, huh, hè, hé, hé, hé, hey
he, hej, hej
hei, hei, ohoh, ohoo
hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, moro, oh-hoh, terve
coucou, holà, hé, hé
eh, ei, oi
Hallo, ey
figyelj, figyu, hahó, hahó, helló, hé, micsoda, nahát, nocsak, ácsi, állj
hé, hóigh, hóigh
ehi, ehi, ou
na, na, na, na, ne, oi, oi, ot
dzie, klaus
eho, eho, heus, jo, o, salve, salvete, ō
eu, klau
hé, hé
hei
hā, ētē
èp
e, ej, ej, ejże, hej, hej, hola, o, ojej
e aí, ei, ei, epa, epa, hem, hey, hã, oi, opa, opa, é
hei, hop
ку-ку, о, ого́, ого́, ой, ух ты, чо, что, э, эй, эй
ku-ku, o, ogó, ohó, oj, ux ty, čo, što, e, ej, ej
haoidh, hòigh, hòigh
hej, хеј
eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, ey, ey, ey, ey, ey, hao, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hola, hopa, oír, oír, oír, oír
du, du, hallå, hallå, hallå, hej, hej, hejsan, oj, tjena, öh, öh
a, ah, ei, ei, hoy, hoy, hoy, hoy, huy, huy, huy, huy, huy, oi, oi, oi, oi, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, talaga, ui, ui, ui, ui, ui, ui, uy, uy, uy, uy, uy, uy
này, ê, ê, ơi
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.