bye-bye

See also: byè byé

English

Alternative forms

• buh-bye (eye dialect)

Etymology

From bye, goodbye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/

Interjection

bye-bye

1. (informal, often childish) Goodbye.

Noun

bye-bye (plural bye-byes)

1. (colloquial, often childish) A goodbye.
2. (colloquial, often childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.

   Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.

Synonyms

• (bedtime): beddy-bye

Descendants

• Chinese: 拜拜 (bàibai)
• Japanese: バイバイ (baibai)
• Turkish: baybay

Translations

goodbye

• Arabic: إِلَى اَللِّقَاء‎‎ (ʾilā l-liqāʾ), بَاي بَاي‎‎ (bay bay)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拜拜 (baai^3-1 baai³), 再見, 再见 (zoi³ gin³)

  Mandarin: 再見 (zh), 再见 (zh) (zàijiàn), 再會 (zh), 再会 (zh) (zàihuì), 拜拜 (zh) (bàibài, bāibái, báibái), 88 (bābā) (SMS slang)

• Dutch: doei doei, dag (nl)
• Finnish: hei hei, hei sitten
• French: au revoir (fr), salut (fr)
• Galician: adéus
• German: tschüss (de)
• Greek: γειά (geiá)
• Hebrew: ביי ביי‎‎, שָׁלוֹם‎‎ (he) (ʃalóm)
• Hindi: अलविदा (hi) (alvidā), बाई बाई (bā'ī bā'ī)
• Hungarian: pá-pá
• Indonesian: dadah (id)
• Italian: ciao (it)

• Japanese: では (dewa), またね (mata ne), じゃ、また (ja, mata), バイバイ (ja) (bai-bai), バイ (ja) (bai)
• Korean: 안녕 (ko) (annyeong), 바이바이 (baibai), 빠이빠이 (ppaippai)
• Latvian: atā (lv), sveiks
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: ha det
• Persian: خداحافظ‎‎ (fa), بای بای‎‎ (bây bây)
• Portuguese: tchau tchau
• Romanian: pa-pa, la revedere (ro)
• Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), бай-ба́й (ru) (baj-báj)
• Spanish: adiós (es), chau (es)
• Swedish: hej då (sv)
• Thai: บาย (th) (baai)
• Vietnamese: từ biệt (vi), từ giả
• Walloon: disca (wa)

bedtime for a toddler

• French: dodo (fr) m
• German: Heia (de)

• Japanese: おねんね (onenne)
• Russian: баю-бай (ru) (baju-baj)