问好 · First hellos
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再见
zàijiàn
Goodbye
Sounds roughly like zigh-jyen
Literal meaning
再
zài
again
见
jiàn
see
again · see
How to pronounce it
- 再
zài
zai4
44th · fallingz is “ds” in “adds”, no puff of air. Then “eye”. Fall sharply.
- 见
jiàn
jian4
44th · fallingj 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.