HSK 5 · Verbs

告别 gàobié “to say goodbye” in Chinese

Traditional 告別

What 告别 means

  1. to say goodbye
  2. to bid farewell
  3. to leave
  4. to part from
  5. to bid farewell to
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to say goodbye to

How to say 告别

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale告gào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale别bié2nd tone, rising

告别 in a sentence

  1. 他向学生们告别了。

    Tā xiàng xuéshengmen gàobié le.

    He said goodbye to the students.

    Sentence #8775791 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 告别 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 别 (bié) with each of its parts in a different colour
别biéto leave; to part
  • 另another · lìng
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刂 cutting things apart: to separate. As a command, 别 means “don't”.

How to write 告别

告 7 strokes · 别 7 strokes

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告别 (gàobié) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 告别 (gàobié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 告别

Words with 告

告诉gàosu · to tell广告guǎnggào · advertisement转告zhuǎngào · to pass on报告bàogào · to inform告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn被告bèigào · defendant原告yuángào · plaintiff布告bùgào · notice

Words with 别

别bié · don’t别人biéren · other people特别tèbié · special别的biéde · other区别qūbié · difference性别xìngbié · gender分别fēnbié · to part个别gèbié · individual别墅biéshù · villa鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish

More words: Thinking & Talking

否认fǒurèn · to declare to be untrue概括gàikuò · to summarise感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions公布gōngbù · to announce恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations沟通gōutōng · to communicate观察guānchá · to observe

FAQs

告别 (gàobié) means “to say goodbye” or “to bid farewell”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gàobié: gào with a 4th tone, then bié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 告别 is written 告別. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaobie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 告别 from the suggestions. Typing gaobie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
告别 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.