HSK 6 · Function Words

嘿 hēi “hey (to attract attention)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嘿 means

  1. hey (to attract attention)
  2. hey

How to say 嘿

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale嘿hēi1st tone, high and level

嘿 in a sentence

  1. 嘿，放松点。

    Hēi, fàngsōng diǎn.

    Hey, relax.

    Sentence #5102212 from Tatoeba

  2. 嘿，看我找到了什么。

    Hēi, kàn wǒ zhǎodào le shénme.

    Hey, look what I found.

    Sentence #5819712 from Tatoeba

  3. 嘿，你的狗刚咬了我。

    Hēi, nǐ de gǒu gāng yǎo le wǒ.

    Hey, your dog just bit me.

    Sentence #5611619 from Tatoeba

How 嘿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 嘿 (hēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
嘿hēihey
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 黑black · hēiSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 黑 (hēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with hēi.

How to write 嘿

嘿 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

嘿 (hēi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 嘿 (hēi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 嘿

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FAQs

嘿 (hēi) means “hey (to attract attention)” or “hey”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hēi: hēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 嘿 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嘿 from the suggestions. Typing hei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嘿 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.