拜拜

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Chinese

Etymology 1

to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
 
to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
 
simp. and trad.
(拜拜)

Pronunciation


Verb

拜拜

  1. (chiefly Taiwan, Southeast Asia) to worship a deity; to prostrate oneself at a place of worship
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Noun

拜拜

  1. (chiefly Taiwan, Philippines) religious festival in which offerings are made to a deity
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Etymology 2

to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
 
to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
 
simp. and trad.
(拜拜)
alternative forms 掰掰

Phono-semantic matching of English bye-bye.

Pronunciation


Note: often romanised or written in English "bye-bye", "bái-bāi" is a cognate.
Note: Often realised with /-ɛ/, /-æ/ or /-ai/. An actual /-e̞/ is incredibly rare.

Interjection

拜拜

  1. (informal) bye-bye; goodbye
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Verb

拜拜

  1. (colloquial) to say goodbye
  2. (colloquial) to end a relationship
  3. (colloquial) to break a habit
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) to die
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References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “拜拜”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 21.