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Different ways to say Goodbye

Learn different ways to say Hello some with audio files, highlighted in Pink, just to help you get the pronunciation just right.

Making the effort from the start can set you up on the right track

English

Goodbye

Afrikaans

Totsiens
Mooi loop (go/walk well)

Albanian

Paçim
Mirupafshim
Shihemi më vonë (see you later)

Arabic (Egyptian)

 (ma’is salāma) مع السّلامة
(bai) باي

Arabic (Modern Standard)

      m – (tosbeho ‘ala khair) تصبح على خير
f – (tosbeheena ‘ala khair) تصبحين على خير
(ma’a as-salāmah) مع السلامة
(ilā al-liqā’) إلى اللقاء

Belarusian

Да пабачэньня (Da pabachen’nya)
Убачымся (Ubachymsia)

Bengali

আসি? (ashi?) lit. ‘may I come?’ = ‘may I leave?’
ভালো থাকবেন। (bhalo thakben) lit. ‘stay well’ – frm
ভালো থেকো। (bhalo theko) – inf
বিদায় নিচ্ছি। (bidae nicchhi) lit. ‘I am bidding farewell’
খোদা হাফেজ। (khoda hafez) lit. ‘the lord is the keeper’ – used by Muslims

Bulgarian

Довиждане (Doviždane) frm
Чао (Čao) inf
Всичко хубаво (Vsičko hubavo)
Сбогом (Sbogom)
До скоро! (Do skoro) – see you soon
До утре! (Do utre) – till tomorrow

Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Shanghainese)

再見 (joigin) 拜拜 (bāaibaai)
再見 [再见] (zàijiàn) 拜拜 (bàibài)
再会 (tzewe) 明朝会 (mintzowê)

Czech

Nashledanou Čau

Danish

Farvel (frm) Hej hej (inf)

Dutch

Tot ziens, Tot straks (see you later)
Tot gauw (see you soon), Dag, Doeg, Doei

Finnish

Näkemiin
Moikka

French

Au revoir / À bientôt

German

Auf Wiedersehen (frm)
Tschüss, Tschö, Tschau/Ciao, Servus (inf)
Bis dann, Bis bald, Bis später

Greek (Modern)

Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm, Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Αντίο (adio)

Gujarati

આવ્જો (āvjo)

Hebrew

(lehitraot) להתראות

Hindi

नमस्ते (namaste) फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge)

Hungarian

Szia / Viszlát (inf) Viszontlátásra (frm)

Irish

Slán
Slán go fóill

Italian

Ciao / Ci vediamo / Arrivederci / Arrivederla (frm)

Japanese

さようなら (sayōnara)
いって来ます (ittekimasu)
– ‘I’ll be back’ – you are leaving
いってらっしゃい (itterasshai)
– ‘come back soon’ – you are staying
じゃあまたね (jā mata ne) – see you later

Lithuanian

Viso gero

Norwegian

Ha det bra / Hade (inf) / Adjø / Farvel

Polish

Do widzenia (frm)
Do zobaczenia
Narazie
Cześć (inf)

Portuguese (European)
Portuguese(Brazilian)

Adeus (frm); Tchau (inf); Até logo! (see you); Até breve (see you soon); Tem cuidado (take care)
Adeus (frm) Tchau (inf) Até mais! Até breve (see you soon) ; Te cuida, Tem cuidado (take care)

Romanian

La revedere

Russian

До свидания! (Do svidanija!) – frm
Пока! (Poka!) – inf

Shona

Sara Zvakanaka (sg) Sariayi Zvakanaka (pl)

Slovakian

Nasvidenje, Zbogom, Zdravo, Živijo, Adijo

Spanish

Adiós
Hasta luego
Hasta la vista
Hasta mañana

Swahili

Kwaheri

Swedish

Hej då

Swiss German

Uf Widerluege / Ciao / Tschüss / Bis spöter / Sali / Adieu)

Tagalog

Paálam

Tamil

போயிட்டு வரேன் (poittu varen)
அப்புறம் பார்க்கலாமே (apram paarkalame)

Thai

ลาก่อนนะ (laa gòn ná)

Turkish

Hoşçakal / Güle, güle

Urdu

(khuda hafiz) خدا حافظ

Vietnamese

Chào anh (>m)
Chào chị (>f)
Tạm biệt

Welsh

Hwyl, Hwyl fawr, Hwyl nawr, Hwyl am y tro, Tara, Da boch chi

Yiddish

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