bye-bye

See also: byè byé

English

Alternative forms

bye bye
buh-bye (eye dialect)

Etymology

From bye, goodbye.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/

Interjection

bye-bye

(informal, often childish) Goodbye.

Noun

bye-bye (plural bye-byes)

(colloquial, often childish) A goodbye.
(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 — See also translations at bye,‎ 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 (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
Hindi: अलविदा (hi) (alvidā), बाई बाई (bā'ī bā'ī)
Hungarian: pá-pá
Indonesian: dadah (id)
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) (xodâhâfez), 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)
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)

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