问好 · First hellos

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再见

zàijiàn

Goodbye

Sounds roughly like zigh-jyen

Literal meaning

  • zài

    again

  • jiàn

    see

again · see

How to pronounce it

  • zài

    zai4

    44th · falling

    z is “ds” in “adds”, no puff of air. Then “eye”. Fall sharply.

  • jiàn

    jian4

    44th · falling

    j is a flat-tongue “jee”, not English j. Fall on “yen”.

In real life

我先走了,再见。

Wǒ xiān zǒu le, zàijiàn.

I’ll head out — goodbye.