Hi
//haɪ//
Translations of "hi" (100 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | haai(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Aleut | aang(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Alutiiq | cama’i(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Ambonese Malay | oe(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Amharic | ሰላም(friendly, informal greeting) | sälam | |
| Arabic | أهلاً(friendly, informal greeting), أَهْلًا(friendly, informal greeting), السلام(friendly, informal greeting), سَلَام(friendly, informal greeting), قوة(friendly, informal greeting), مَرْحَبًا(friendly, informal greeting), مَرْحَبَا(friendly, informal greeting), هلا(friendly, informal greeting), هلا(friendly, informal greeting) | ʔahlan, s-salām, salām, guwa, marḥaban, marḥaba, hala, hala | |
| Armenian | բարև(friendly, informal greeting) | barew | |
| Asturian | ei(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | salam(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Bashkir | сәләм(friendly, informal greeting) | sələm | |
| Basque | kaixo(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Belarusian | здаро́ў(friendly, informal greeting), прыве́т(friendly, informal greeting) | zdarów, pryvjét | |
| Bengali | সালাম(friendly, informal greeting) | salam | |
| Bulgarian | здра́сти(friendly, informal greeting), здраве́й(friendly, informal greeting) | zdrásti, zdravéj | |
| Burmese | မင်္ဂလာပါ(friendly, informal greeting) | mangga.lapa | |
| Catalan | hola(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Chinese | сэляму(friendly, informal greeting), 你好(friendly, informal greeting) | seli͡amu, lí hó | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 你好(friendly, informal greeting) | nei⁵ hou² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 你好(friendly, informal greeting), 嗨 哈囉 /哈啰(friendly, informal greeting) | nǐ hǎo, hāi | |
| Czech | ahoj(friendly, informal greeting), nazdar(friendly, informal greeting), zdar(friendly, informal greeting), čau(friendly, informal greeting), čus(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Danish | dav(friendly, informal greeting), hallo(friendly, informal greeting), hej!(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Dutch | hallo(friendly, informal greeting), hoi(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Eastern Min Chinese | 汝好(friendly, informal greeting) | nṳ̄ hō̤ | |
| Esperanto | sal(friendly, informal greeting), saluton(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Estonian | hei(friendly, informal greeting), tere(friendly, informal greeting), tervist(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Faroese | halló(friendly, informal greeting), hey(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Finnish | hei(friendly, informal greeting), moi(friendly, informal greeting), terve(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| French | salut(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Galician | ola(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Georgian | გამარჯობა(friendly, informal greeting) | gamarǯoba | |
| German | 'n Tag(friendly, informal greeting), grüezi(friendly, informal greeting), hallo(friendly, informal greeting), hoi(friendly, informal greeting), sali(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Greek | γεια(friendly, informal greeting) | geia | |
| Hakka Chinese | 你好(friendly, informal greeting) | ngì-hó | |
| Hebrew | היי(friendly, informal greeting), שָׁלוֹם(friendly, informal greeting) | haj, shalóm | |
| Hindi | नमस्ते(friendly, informal greeting), सलाम(friendly, informal greeting), हाइ(friendly, informal greeting) | namaste, salām, hāi | |
| Hungarian | szia(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Icelandic | halló(friendly, informal greeting), hæ(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Inari Sami | tiervâ(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Indonesian | hai(friendly, informal greeting), salam(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Interlingua | hallo(friendly, informal greeting), salute(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | دُرود(friendly, informal greeting), سَلام(friendly, informal greeting) | dorud, salâm | |
| Irish | haigh(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Italian | ciao(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Japanese | こんにちは(friendly, informal greeting), どうも(friendly, informal greeting), やあ(friendly, informal greeting), よう(friendly, informal greeting) | konnichi wa, dōmo, yā, yō | |
| Kazakh | салам(friendly, informal greeting), сәлем(friendly, informal greeting) | salam, sälem | |
| Khmer | សួស្តី(friendly, informal greeting) | suəsdəy | |
| Korean | 안녕(friendly, informal greeting) | annyeong | |
| Krio | kusheh(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Kyrgyz | салам(friendly, informal greeting) | salam | |
| Lao | ສະບາຍດີ(friendly, informal greeting), ເຮີຍ(friendly, informal greeting) | sa bāi dī, hœ̄i | |
| Latin | ave(friendly, informal greeting), salve(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Latvian | sveika(friendly, informal greeting), sveikas(friendly, informal greeting), sveiki(friendly, informal greeting), sveiks(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Lithuanian | labas(friendly, informal greeting), sveikas(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Macedonian | здраво(friendly, informal greeting) | zdravo | |
| Malay | hai(friendly, informal greeting), salam(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Maltese | ejj(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Mongolian | сайн байна уу?(friendly, informal greeting), сайн уу?(friendly, informal greeting) | sajn bajna uu?, sajn uu? | |
| Nepali | नमस्ते(friendly, informal greeting), हाइ नमस्कार(friendly, informal greeting) | namaste, hāi | |
| Northern Kurdish | merheba(friendly, informal greeting), selam(friendly, informal greeting), silav(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Northern Mansi | пася(friendly, informal greeting), паща(friendly, informal greeting) | pasâ, paśa | |
| Northern Sami | bures(friendly, informal greeting), dearvva(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hei(friendly, informal greeting), heisan(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Occitan | adieu(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Ojibwe | boozhoo(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Ossetian | арфӕ(friendly, informal greeting), салам(friendly, informal greeting) | arfæ, salam | |
| Pashto | سلام(friendly, informal greeting) | salām | |
| Polish | cześć(friendly, informal greeting), hej(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Portuguese | alô(friendly, informal greeting), e ai?(friendly, informal greeting), oi(friendly, informal greeting), olá(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Romanian | bună(friendly, informal greeting), salut(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Russian | здоро́во(friendly, informal greeting), здра́сте(friendly, informal greeting), приве́т(friendly, informal greeting) | zdoróvo, zdráste, privét | |
| Scottish Gaelic | hòigh(friendly, informal greeting), shin sibh(friendly, informal greeting), shin thu(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | bok(friendly, informal greeting), hàlo(friendly, informal greeting), mȅrhāba(friendly, informal greeting), zdrȁvo(friendly, informal greeting), ćȃo(friendly, informal greeting), бок(friendly, informal greeting), здра̏во(friendly, informal greeting), ме̏рха̄ба(friendly, informal greeting), ха̀ло(friendly, informal greeting), ћа̑о(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Sicilian | sabbinirìca(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Skolt Sami | tiõrv(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Slovak | ahoj(friendly, informal greeting), nazdar(friendly, informal greeting), čau(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Slovene | zdrávo(friendly, informal greeting), žívjo(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Southern Altai | эзен(friendly, informal greeting) | ezen | |
| Spanish | hola(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | fa(friendly, informal greeting), ofa(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Swahili | jambo(friendly, informal greeting), salaam(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Swedish | hallå(friendly, informal greeting), hej!(friendly, informal greeting), hejsan(friendly, informal greeting), tja(friendly, informal greeting), tjena(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Tagalog | helo(friendly, informal greeting), hoy(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Tajik | салом(friendly, informal greeting) | salom | |
| Tamil | வணக்கம்(friendly, informal greeting) | vaṇakkam | |
| Tatar | сәлам(friendly, informal greeting) | sälam | |
| Thai | สวัสดี(friendly, informal greeting), หวัดดี(friendly, informal greeting) | sà-wàt-dii, wàt-dii | |
| Tigrinya | ሰላም(friendly, informal greeting) | sälam | |
| Tok Pisin | gude(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Turkish | merhaba(friendly, informal greeting), selam(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Turkmen | salam(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Tz'utujil | coli(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Ukrainian | приві́т(friendly, informal greeting), се́рвус(friendly, informal greeting) | pryvít, sérvus | |
| Urdu | آداب(friendly, informal greeting), اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم(friendly, informal greeting), سَلام(friendly, informal greeting), سَلام عَلَیکُم(friendly, informal greeting) | ādāb, as-salāmu 'alaikum, salām, salām 'alaikum | |
| Uyghur | سالام(friendly, informal greeting) | salam | |
| Uzbek | salom(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Volapük | glidis!(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Walloon | a(friendly, informal greeting), bondjoû(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Welsh | siwmae(friendly, informal greeting) | — | |
| Wu Chinese | 儂好 /侬好(friendly, informal greeting) | ⁶non ⁵hau | |
| Xârâgurè | vâsgatzo(friendly, informal greeting) | — |
haai
aang
cama’i
أهلاً, أَهْلًا, السلام, سَلَام, قوة, مَرْحَبًا, مَرْحَبَا, هلا, هلا
ʔahlan, s-salām, salām, guwa, marḥaban, marḥaba, hala, hala
ei
salam
kaixo
hola
ahoj, nazdar, zdar, čau, čus
dav, hallo, hej!
hallo, hoi
sal, saluton
hei, tere, tervist
halló, hey
hei, moi, terve
salut
ola
'n Tag, grüezi, hallo, hoi, sali
szia
halló, hæ
tiervâ
hai, salam
hallo, salute
haigh
ciao
kusheh
ave, salve
sveika, sveikas, sveiki, sveiks
labas, sveikas
hai, salam
ejj
merheba, selam, silav
bures, dearvva
hei, heisan
adieu
boozhoo
cześć, hej
alô, e ai?, oi, olá
bună, salut
hòigh, shin sibh, shin thu
bok, hàlo, mȅrhāba, zdrȁvo, ćȃo, бок, здра̏во, ме̏рха̄ба, ха̀ло, ћа̑о
sabbinirìca
tiõrv
ahoj, nazdar, čau
zdrávo, žívjo
hola
fa, ofa
jambo, salaam
hallå, hej!, hejsan, tja, tjena
helo, hoy
gude
merhaba, selam
salam
coli
salom
glidis!
a, bondjoû
siwmae
vâsgatzo
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