bye-bye

See also: byè byé

English

Etymology

From bye, goodbye.

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.

Synonyms

• beddy-bye

Translations

goodbye

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

  Cantonese: 拜拜 ‎(baai³⁻¹ baai³), 再見, 再见 ‎(zoi³ gin³)

  Mandarin: 再見, 再见 (zh) ‎(zàijiàn), 再會, 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)
• 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 (lv)
• 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)

Descendants

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