What does hi / ha-i mean in Korean?
ㅎㅇ Hi / ha-i
Also written: 하이
Meaning
Hi, in initial-consonant chat slang.
- When
- Appeared around 2004, peaked around 2008
- Heard in
- chat, greetings
- Feels
- friendly
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to. It sounds dated now, so you'll mostly see it in older posts or used ironically.
How Koreans use Hi / ha-i
ㅎㅇ 처음 뵙겠습니다.
hi, nice to meet you.
ㅎㅇㅎㅇ
hi hi
Similar slang in other languages
- UK English
- wagwan
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 呷飽沒
- Spanish
- qué onda
- French
- wesh