拜拜
baai1 baai3bái báibài bai
English
- (loanword) bye-bye
- to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together
- (English loan) bye-bye; goodbye; a conventional expression used when parting or at the end of a conversation
- also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc
- (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
- (coll.) to part ways (with sb)
- (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 講完電話或道別時講嘅説話
Examples
拜拜!
Bye!
Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY
我走先喇,拜拜!
I gotta go. Bye!
我要同你講拜拜喇。
I must say good-bye to you.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
佢連拜拜都唔同我哋講聲就走咗喇。
She went away without so much as saying good-bye to us.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
拜拜!
Bye!
Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk