(bài bài) - bye-bye, goodbye in Mandarin

bàibài

Traditional: 拜拜

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Translation

bye-bye, goodbye

Word origin

A reduplicated loan from English bye-bye, written with 拜 (bài, to pay respects) chosen for its sound, and now the most casual everyday farewell.

Origin: loan
Root: phonetic loan from English bye-bye, written 拜 (bài)

Stroke order

拜

Examples

，！

It is getting late, bye-bye!

。

She smiled and said bye-bye.

挥huī。

The children waved bye-bye to the teacher.

，。

I am off now, bye.

。

Say bye-bye to everyone, then.

拜拜 (bài bài) means bye-bye, a casual goodbye borrowed from English. The character 拜 is used for its sound rather than its original meaning of paying respects.

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This word is part of lesson 40.