Greetings & goodbyes
How to say Goodbye in Chinese
再见
zàijiàn
Literally: again · see
再见 (zàijiàn) literally means “see (you) again,” and it’s the textbook goodbye. In everyday speech, though, most people just say the borrowed 拜拜 (bàibai).
Other ways to say it
- 拜拜
bàibai
bye-bye
The casual everyday sign-off, borrowed from English — far more common in speech than 再见.
- 回头见
huítóu jiàn
see you later
“See you when we turn back” — for someone you’ll see again the same day.
- 88
bā bā
“bye” in numbers
Texting slang: 8-8 sounds like English “bye-bye.”
In a sentence
再见，明天见！
Zàijiàn, míngtiān jiàn!
Goodbye, see you tomorrow!
How do you say "Goodbye" in Chinese?
To say “goodbye” in Chinese, say 再见 (zàijiàn), literally “see you again.” In casual conversation most people say 拜拜 (bàibai).
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