再見
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See also: 再见
Chinese[edit]
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again; once more; next in sequence again; once more; next in sequence; another |
to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview | ||
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trad. (再見) | 再 | 見 | |
simp. (再见) | 再 | 见 | |
Literally: “to see again”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
再見
- (polite) goodbye; see you later
- goodbye my love 我的愛人再見 goodbye my love 相見不知哪一天 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
- From: 1975, performed by Teresa Teng, lyrics by Wen Choi, music by Masaaki Hirao, “Goodbye! my love”
- goodbye my love, wǒ dì àirén zàijiàn, goodbye my love, xiàngjiàn bùzhī nǎ yītiān- [Pinyin]
- [Goodbye, my love]. I don't know where we'll meet [again] someday.
goodbye my love 我的爱人再见 goodbye my love 相见不知哪一天 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Verb[edit]
再見
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Entry #51631”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
さい Grade: 5 |
けん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 再見 (MC tsojH kenH).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- looking at again, watching again, seeing again
- (book 5, foreword to poems 794-799)
- (book 5, foreword to poems 794-799)
Verb[edit]
再見する • (saiken suru) suru (stem 再見し (saiken shi), past 再見した (saiken shita))
- to look again; to watch again
- 日本撮影を再見しよう! ― Nihon satsuei o saiken shiyō! ― Let's have another look at the Japanese cinematography!
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "再見する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 再見し | さいけんし | saiken shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 再見し | さいけんし | saiken shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 再見する | さいけんする | saiken suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 再見する | さいけんする | saiken suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 再見すれ | さいけんすれ | saiken sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 再見せよ¹ 再見しろ² |
さいけんせよ¹ さいけんしろ² |
saiken seyo¹ saiken shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 再見される | さいけんされる | saiken sareru | |
Causative | 再見させる 再見さす |
さいけんさせる さいけんさす |
saiken saseru saiken sasu | |
Potential | 再見できる | さいけんできる | saiken dekiru | |
Volitional | 再見しよう | さいけんしよう | saiken shiyō | |
Negative | 再見しない | さいけんしない | saiken shinai | |
Negative continuative | 再見せず | さいけんせず | saiken sezu | |
Formal | 再見します | さいけんします | saiken shimasu | |
Perfective | 再見した | さいけんした | saiken shita | |
Conjunctive | 再見して | さいけんして | saiken shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 再見すれば | さいけんすれば | saiken sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
つぁい Grade: 5 |
ちぇん Grade: 1 |
irregular |
Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
さい Grade: 5 |
ちぇん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | irregular |
Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
ざい Grade: 5 |
ちぇん Grade: 1 |
irregular |
From modern Mandarin 再見/再见 (zàijiàn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
再見 or 再見 or 再見 • (tsaichen or saichen or zaichen)
- (informal, rare, in a Chinese context) goodbye, see you later
Usage notes[edit]
- Usually written in katakana to avoid ambiguity.
References[edit]
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