再見

See also: 再见

Chinese

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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
trad. (再見)		再	見
simp. (再见)		再	见
Literally: “to see again”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zàijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зэҗян (zeži͡an, III-III) / зэ җян (ze ži͡an, III-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoi³ gin³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): doi¹ gen¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chai-kien / chai-kian

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zai⁴ gian⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): cái-giéng

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chài-kiàn / chài-chián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zai³ gin³ / zai³ giêng³ / zai³ giang³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tse-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: dzài-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjiann
    • Palladius: цзайцзянь (czajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 再建 再見／再见 在建

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зэҗян (zeži͡an, III-III) / зэ җян (ze ži͡an, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/, /t͡sɛ⁴⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoi³ gin³
    • Yale: joi gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi³ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi³ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³³ kiːn³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 再建 再見／再见

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: doi¹ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tᵘɔi³³ ken³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chai-kien
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai gien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai⁴ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯⁵⁵ ki̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chai-kian
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai gian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai⁴ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯⁵⁵ ki̯an⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zai⁴ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kian⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cái-giéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chài-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsài-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zae'kiexn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chài-chián
    • Tâi-lô: tsài-tsián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaeciern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn⁵³/

Note: chài-chián - from Mandarin.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zai³ gin³ / zai³ giêng³ / zai³ giang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsài kìⁿ / tsài kièng / tsài kiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kĩ²¹³/, /t͡sai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kieŋ²¹³/, /t͡sai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tse-ci
    • MiniDict: tse^平 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tse-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsojH kenH

Rime
Character	再	見
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	作代切	古電切
Baxter	tsojH	kenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʌiH/	/kenH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səiH/	/kenH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɒiH/	/kɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səjH/	/kɛnH/
Li Rong	/t͡sᴀiH/	/kenH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɒiH/	/kienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ̆iH/	/kienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zài	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi3	gin3

Interjection

再見

1. (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.]
     goodbye my love　我的爱人再见　goodbye my love　相见不知哪一天 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     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.

Synonyms

• 88 (text messaging, internet slang)
• 再會／再会 (zàihuì) (polite)
• 別了／别了 (bié le) (farewell)
• 回見／回见 (huíjiàn) (polite)
• 好行 (hou² haang⁴) (Cantonese)
• 慢行 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 慢走 (mànzǒu) (polite)
• 拜哎 (Wu)
• 拜拜 (báibái) (informal)
• 走好 (zǒuhǎo) (polite)

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: 再見 (tsaichen), 再見 (saichen), 再見 (zaichen)

Verb

再見

1. (literally) to see (a person) again; to meet again

   一年後我們再見！ [MSC, trad.]
   一年后我们再见！ [MSC, simp.]

   Yī nián hòu wǒmen zàijiàn! [Pinyin]

   We will meet again after one year!

Synonyms

• 再會／再会 (zàihuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (再見):

• → Japanese: 再見(さいけん) (saiken)
• → Vietnamese: tái kiến (再見)

Further reading

• “Entry #51631”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
再	見
さい Grade: 5	けん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 再見 (MC tsojH kenH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいけん [sàíkéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

再(さい)見(けん) • (saiken) 

1. looking at again, watching again, seeing again
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū:
     (book 5, foreword to poems 794-799)

     ...泉門一掩、無由再見、嗚呼哀哉...

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Verb

再(さい)見(けん)する • (saiken suru) suru (stem 再(さい)見(けん)し (saiken shi), past 再(さい)見(けん)した (saiken shita))

1. to look again; to watch again

   日(に)本(ほん)撮(さつ)影(えい)を再(さい)見(けん)しよう！ ― Nihon satsuei o saiken shiyō! ― Let's have another look at the Japanese cinematography!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "再見する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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

Kanji in this term
再	見
つぁい Grade: 5	ちぇん Grade: 1
irregular

Kanji in this term
再	見
さい Grade: 5	ちぇん Grade: 1
on’yomi	irregular

Kanji in this term
再	見
ざい Grade: 5	ちぇん Grade: 1
irregular

From modern Mandarin 再見／再见 (zàijiàn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ツァ​イチェン [tsáꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sa̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]

• (Tokyo) サ​イチェン [sáꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]

• (Tokyo) ザ​イチェン [záꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]

Interjection

再見(ツァイチェン) or 再見(サイチェン) or 再見(ザイチェン) • (tsaichen or saichen or zaichen) 

1. (informal, rare, in a Chinese context) goodbye, see you later

Usage notes

• Usually written in katakana to avoid ambiguity.