バイバイ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word バイバイ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word バイバイ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say バイバイ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word バイバイ you have here. The definition of the word バイバイ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofバイバイ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Etymology

From English bye-bye. Attested from at least the 1930s.[1]

Pronunciation

Interjection

バイバイ • (baibai) 

  1. (informal) bye-bye

Noun

バイバイ • (baibai) 

  1. (informal) leave-taking, saying goodbye
    • 1968 [1962], Shōno Junzō, “Michi”, in Gendai Nihon bungaku taikei [Contemporary Japanese literature collection], page 184:
      番(ばん)頭(とう)に手(て)切(きれ)金(きん)を持(も)って来(こ)させて、それであっさりバイバイであったそうです。
      Bantō ni tekirekin o motte kosasete, sore de assari baibai de atta sō desu.
      The clerk was asked to bring out the consolation money marking their separation, and with that they made a simple goodbye.

Verb

バイバイする • (baibai suru) suru (stem バイバイし (baibai shi), past バイバイした (baibai shita))

  1. (informal) to take one's leave, to say goodbye
    じゃ、祖母(ばあ)ちゃんにバイバイして。
    Ja, bāchan ni baibai shite.
    OK, say bye-bye to Grandma.
    • 2014, Nakagawa Nobuko, Kodomo no hattatsu ni awaseta okāsan no katarikake [Mother’s speech styles appropriate to children’s development], page 66:
      「そうね。昨日(きのう)、公(こう)園(えん)でネコと遊(あそ)んだね。楽(たの)しかったからバイバイするとき、さびしかったね」
      “Sō ne. Kinō, kōen de neko to asonda ne. Tanoshikatta kara baibai suru toki, sabishikatta ne”
      “That’s right. Yesterday in the park you played with a cat, didn’t you. Since it was fun, you were lonely when it was time to leave”

Conjugation

Conjugation of "バイバイする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") バイバイし baibai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") バイバイし baibai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") バイバイする baibai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") バイバイする baibai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") バイバイすれ baibai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") バイバイせよ¹
バイバイしろ² 		baibai seyo¹
baibai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive バイバイされる baibai sareru
Causative バイバイさせる
バイバイさす 		baibai saseru
baibai sasu
Potential バイバイできる baibai dekiru
Volitional バイバイしよう baibai shiyō
Negative バイバイしない baibai shinai
Negative continuative バイバイせず baibai sezu
Formal バイバイします baibai shimasu
Perfective バイバイした baibai shita
Conjunctive バイバイして baibai shite
Hypothetical conditional バイバイすれば baibai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia