HSK 1 · Greetings

再见 zàijiàn “goodbye” in Chinese

Traditional 再見

What 再见 means

  1. goodbye

How to say 再见

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale再zài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale见jiàn4th tone, falling

再见 in a sentence

  1. 她说：“再见”。

    Tā shuō: "Zàijiàn".

    “Goodbye,” she said.

    Sentence #2255107 from Tatoeba

  2. 再见，祝好运。

    Zàijiàn, zhù hǎoyùn.

    Goodbye and good luck.

    Sentence #5574725 from Tatoeba

How 再见 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 再 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
再zàiagain; once more; re-
  • 一one · yī
  • 冉tender · rǎn
The character 见 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
见jiànto see
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 儿legs · ér

Memory aidSimplified from 見: a big eye 目 on top of a person 儿: to see.

How to write 再见

再 6 strokes · 见 4 strokes

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

Words related to 再见

Words with 再

再zài · again再次zàicì · once again一再yízài · again and again再三zàisān · over and over again再接再厉zàijiēzàilì · to keep up the good work

Words with 见

看见kànjiàn · to see听见tīngjiàn · to hear见jiàn · to see见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody见到jiàndào · to see不见bújiàn · to be missing遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)常见chángjiàn · common意见yìjiàn · idea可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

More words: Greetings & Phrases

谢谢xièxie · thank you不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay喂wéi · hello (on phone)

FAQs

再见 (zàijiàn) means “goodbye”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it zàijiàn: zài with a 4th tone, then jiàn with a 4th 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, 再见 is written 再見. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 再见 from the suggestions. Typing zaijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
再见 is an HSK 1 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.