再见

zàijiàn

goodbye; see you

Type: VerbsHSK 1
Character origin

再 (again) + 见 (to see). It's 'see you again' — a hopeful goodbye.

Did you know?

It's the standard farewell. Very informally among young people, 拜拜 (bāibāi, from English 'bye bye') or 回头见 (huítóu jiàn, 'see you later') are used.

Radicals it's made of
eye
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Example sentence

再见,明天见。

Zàijiàn, míngtiān jiàn.

Goodbye, see you tomorrow.

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