bye-bye

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

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.

   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)