bye-bye

See also: byè byé

English

Alternative forms

• by-by (rare)
• bye bye
• buh-bye (eye dialect)

Etymology

Reduplication of bye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/, /bəˈbaɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ, -aɪbaɪ

Interjection

bye-bye

1. (informal, often childish) Goodbye.
   • 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

     Bye bye! Let's play again some time!

Noun

bye-bye (plural bye-byes)

1. (colloquial, often childish) A goodbye.
2. (colloquial, childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.

   Synonym: beddy-bye

   Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 224:

     "[H]e came to the gate of the city; and finding it shut lay him down and went to by-by!"

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَاي بَاي (bāy bāy)
• → Chinese: 拜拜 (bàibai)
• → Hindi: बाई बाई (bāī bāī)
• → Japanese: バイバイ (baibai)
• → Korean: 빠이빠이 (ppaippai)
• → Russian: бай-ба́й (baj-báj)
• → Thai: บ๊ายบาย (báai-baai)
• → Turkish: baybay
• → Vietnamese: bái bai

Translations

goodbye — see also bye,‎ goodbye

Arabic: إِلَى اَللِّقَاء (ar) (ʔilā l-liqāʔ), بَاي بَاي (bay bay) Chinese: Cantonese: 拜拜 (baai3-1 baai3), 再見 / 再见 (zoi3 gin3) Mandarin: 再見 / 再见 (zh) (zàijiàn), 再會 / 再会 (zh) (zàihuì), 拜拜 (zh) (bàibài, bāibái, báibái), 88 (zh) (bābā) (SMS slang) Dutch: doei doei, dag (nl) Finnish: hei hei, hei sitten French: salut (fr), tchao (fr), à plus (fr) Hindi: अलविदा (hi) (alvidā), बाई बाई (bāī bāī) 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), じゃあね (jā ne) Korean: 안녕 (ko) (annyeong), 바이바이 (baibai), 빠이빠이 (ppaippai) Latvian: atā (lv), sveiks (lv) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: ha det, ha det bra Persian: خداحافظ (fa) (xodâhâfez), بای بای (bây bây) Polish: pa pa Portuguese: tchau tchau Romanian: pa-pa, la revedere (ro) Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), бай-ба́й (ru) (baj-báj) Spanish: adiós (es), chau (es) Thai: บ๊ายบาย (th) (báai-baai), ลาก่อน (th) (laa-gɔ̀ɔn) Vietnamese: bái bai, bai (vi), chào nha Walloon: disca (wa)

bedtime for a toddler

Armenian: բաբայ (babay) French: dodo (fr) m German: Heia (de) Japanese: おねんね (ja) (onenne) Russian: баю-бай (ru) (baju-baj) Scottish Gaelic: bà bà