拜拜
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Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute |
to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute | ||
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simp. and trad. (拜拜) |
拜 | 拜 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
拜拜
- (chiefly Taiwan, Southeast Asia) to worship a deity; to prostrate oneself at a place of worship
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拜神 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 拜拜 |
Liuzhou | 拜神 | |
Singapore | 拜神 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拜神 |
Hakka | Meixian | 拜神, 敬神 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 唱喏, 敬神 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 拜神, 拜神明, 拜喏, 敬神 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 拜神, 拜神明, 敬神 | |
Southern Min | Taipei | 拜拜 |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 拜拜 | |
Kaohsiung | 拜拜 | |
Yilan | 拜拜 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 拜拜 | |
Taichung | 拜拜 | |
Tainan | 拜拜 | |
Hsinchu | 拜拜 | |
Kinmen | 拜拜 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 拜拜 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 拜神 | |
Leizhou | 拜神 |
Noun[edit]
拜拜
- (chiefly Taiwan, Philippines) religious festival in which offerings are made to a deity
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Chinese phrasebook
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to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute |
to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute | ||
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simp. and trad. (拜拜) |
拜 | 拜 | |
alternative forms | 掰掰 |
Phono-semantic matching of English bye-bye.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
拜拜
- (informal) bye-bye; goodbye
- 知己一聲拜拜遠去這都市 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1991, 皇后大道東 [Queen's Road East], performed by Lo Ta-yu and Ram Chiang, composed by Lo Ta-yu, written by Albert Leung
- zi1 gei2 jat1 sing1 baai3-1 baai3 jyun5 heoi3 ze2 dou1 si5 [Jyutping]
- The close friend [Elizabeth II during the handover of Hong Kong] vanishes from this metropolis with merely a "bye-bye"
知己一声拜拜远去这都市 [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms[edit]
Verb[edit]
拜拜
- (colloquial) to say goodbye
- (colloquial) to end a relationship
- (colloquial) to break a habit
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) to die
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 拜拜肉 (bàibàiròu)
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