拜拜

Chinese

		to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
simp. and trad. (拜拜)		拜	拜

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàibai, bàibài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ˙ㄅㄞ, ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ baai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pai-pai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pài-pài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàibai
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ˙ㄅㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàibåi
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-pai⁵
    • Yale: bài-bai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay.bai
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ b̥aɪ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàibài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàibài
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-pai⁴
    • Yale: bài-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baybay
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai³ baai³
    • Yale: baai baai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ baai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai³ bai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ paːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pai-pai
    • Hakka Romanization System: bai bai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bai⁴ bai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pai̯⁵⁵ pai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-pài
    • Tâi-lô: pài-pài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pae'paix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ pai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ pai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ pai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ pai²¹/

Verb

拜拜

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Philippines) to worship a deity; to prostrate oneself at a place of worship

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 拜拜

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Philippines) religious festival in which offerings are made to a deity

Etymology 2

Chinese phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

Phono-semantic matching of English bye-bye.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibái, bàibai, bāibái, bàibài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄅㄞˋ ˙ㄅㄞ, ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baai^3-1 baai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bai² bai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pai-pâi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pài-pài / bái-bāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bai³ bai³,bai¹ bai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibái
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pai²
    • Yale: bái-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbair
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàibai
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ˙ㄅㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàibåi
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-pai⁵
    • Yale: bài-bai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay.bai
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ b̥aɪ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baibái
    • Wade–Giles: pai¹-pai²
    • Yale: bāi-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baibair
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàibài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàibài
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-pai⁴
    • Yale: bài-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baybay
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai^3-1 baai³
    • Yale: bāai baai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai^3-1 baai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai^3-1 bai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³⁻⁵⁵ paːi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bai² bai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai⁵⁵ pai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pai-pâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bai bai^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bai⁴ bai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pai̯⁵⁵ pai̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-pài / bái-bāi
    • Tâi-lô: pài-pài / bái-bāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pae'paix, bay'bai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ pai²¹/, /bai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pai⁴¹/, /bai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ pai²¹/, /bai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ pai¹¹/, /bai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ pai²¹/, /bai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bai³³/

Note: often romanised or written in English "bye-bye", "bái-bāi" is a cognate.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bai³ bai³,bai¹ bai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pài pai3,ba符i pai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pai²¹³pai³³⁻²³ pai³³/

Interjection

1. (informal) bye-bye; goodbye

Synonyms

• 再見／再见 (zàijiàn)
• 再會／再会 (zàihuì)
• (Wu) 拜哎

Verb

拜拜

1. (colloquial) to break up with someone
2. (colloquial) to break a habit