long time no see

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[edit] Etymology

A calque of Chinese Mandarin trad. 好久不見, simpl. 好久不见 (pinyin: hǎojiǔbujiàn), via Chinese Pidgin English.

[edit] Interjection

long time no see

(idiomatic) I haven't seen you for a long time.

Dave! Long time no see! How has Boston been treating you?

[edit] Translations

idiomatic: I haven't seen you for a long time

Arabic: لم أرك منذ وقت طويل ar(ar) (lam 'arak (to male) / 'arik (to female) mundhu waqt Tawiil), لم نرك منذ مدة ar(ar) (lam náraka múndhu múdda)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 好久不見 (hou2 gau2 bat1 gin3) (formal writing), 好耐冇見 (hou2 noi6 mou5 gin3) (vernacular)

Mandarin: 好久不見 cmn(cmn), 好久不见 cmn(cmn) (hǎojiǔbujiàn), 很久沒見 cmn(cmn), 很久没见 cmn(cmn) (hěnjiǔměijiàn)
Czech: dlouho jsme se neviděli cs(cs)
Danish: længe siden da(da)
Dutch: lang niet gezien nl(nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pitkästä aikaa fi(fi)
French: ça fait longtemps qu'on s'est pas vu ! fr(fr), ça fait longtemps ! fr(fr)
German: lange nicht mehr gesehen de(de)
Hebrew: מזמן לא התראנו he(he) (mizman loh hitraehnu)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: langt síðan við höfum sést is(is)

Ido: please add this translation if you can
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 久しぶり ja(ja) (ひさしぶり, hisashiburi), お久しぶりですね ja(ja) (o-hisashiburi desu ne)
Korean: 오랜만이다 ko(ko) (orenman ida)
Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian (Bokmål): lenge siden sist no(no)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: dawno się nie widzieliśmy pl(pl)
Portuguese: há quanto tempo pt(pt)
Russian: давно не виделись ru(ru) (davnó ne vídelis'), сколько лет, сколько зим ru(ru) (skól'ko let, skól'ko zim)
Spanish: ¡cuánto tiempo! es(es), ¡tanto tiempo sin verte! es(es)
Swedish: please add this translation if you can
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: давно не бачились uk(uk) (davnó ne báčylyś)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: lâu quá không gặp vi(vi)

[edit] See also

long time no hear

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