"bye-bye" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/, /bəˈbaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bye-bye.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aɪ, -aɪbaɪ Etymology: From bye, goodbye. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bye}} bye, {{m|en|goodbye}} goodbye Head templates: {{en-interj}} bye-bye
  1. (informal, often childish) Goodbye. Tags: childish, informal, often
    Sense id: en-bye-bye-en-intj-K2h9timL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: by-by [rare], bye bye, buh-bye [pronunciation-spelling]

Noun

IPA: /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/, /bəˈbaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bye-bye.wav [US] Forms: bye-byes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ, -aɪbaɪ Etymology: From bye, goodbye. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bye}} bye, {{m|en|goodbye}} goodbye Head templates: {{en-noun}} bye-bye (plural bye-byes)
  1. (colloquial, often childish) A goodbye. Tags: childish, colloquial, often
    Sense id: en-bye-bye-en-noun-1b-OkfWW
  2. (colloquial, childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed. Tags: childish, colloquial Categories (topical): Farewells, Sleep Synonyms: beddy-bye Translations (bedtime for a toddler): dodo [masculine] (French), Heia (German), おねんね (onenne) (Japanese), баю-бай (baju-baj) (Russian), bà bà (Scottish Gaelic) Translations (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye): إِلَى اَللِّقَاء (ʔilā l-liqāʔ) (Arabic), بَاي بَاي (english: bay bay) (Arabic), 拜拜 (alt: baai³⁻¹ baai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 再見 (Chinese Cantonese), 再见 (zoi³ gin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 再見 (Chinese Mandarin), 再见 (zàijiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 再會 (Chinese Mandarin), 再会 (zàihuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 拜拜 (bàibài, bāibái, báibái) (Chinese Mandarin), 88 (bābā) (english: SMS slang) (Chinese Mandarin), doei doei (Dutch), dag (Dutch), hei hei (Finnish), hei sitten (Finnish), salut (French), tchao (French), à plus (French), अलविदा (alvidā) (Hindi), बाई बाई (bāī bāī) (Hindi), pá-pá (Hungarian), dadah (Indonesian), では (dewa) (Japanese), またね (mata ne) (Japanese), じゃ、また (ja, mata) (Japanese), バイバイ (bai-bai) (Japanese), バイ (bai) (Japanese), 안녕 (annyeong) (Korean), 바이바이 (baibai) (Korean), 빠이빠이 (ppaippai) (Korean), atā (Latvian), sveiks (Latvian), ha det (Norwegian), خداحافظ (xodâhâfez) (Persian), بای بای (bây bây) (Persian), pa pa (Polish), tchau tchau (Portuguese), pa-pa (Romanian), la revedere (Romanian), пока́ (poká) (Russian), бай-ба́й (baj-báj) (Russian), adiós (Spanish), chau (Spanish), bái bai (Vietnamese), bai (Vietnamese), chào nha (Vietnamese), disca (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-bye-bye-en-noun-3qVz6aJK Disambiguation of Farewells: 0 5 95 Disambiguation of Sleep: 0 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 0 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 2 98 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 0 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 2 98 Disambiguation of 'bedtime for a toddler': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'goodbye — see also bye, goodbye': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: by-by [rare], bye bye, buh-bye [pronunciation-spelling]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "35 65",
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          "roman": "ʔilā l-liqāʔ",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
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          "english": "SMS slang",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bābā",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "88"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "doei doei"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "dag"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "hei hei"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "hei sitten"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "salut"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "tchao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "à plus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "alvidā",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "अलविदा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bāī bāī",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "बाई बाई"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "pá-pá"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "dadah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dewa",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "では"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mata ne",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "またね"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ja, mata",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "じゃ、また"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bai-bai",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "バイバイ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bai",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "バイ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "annyeong",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "안녕"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "baibai",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "바이바이"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ppaippai",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "빠이빠이"
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "sveiks"
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          "word": "ha det"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xodâhâfez",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "خداحافظ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bây bây",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "بای بای"
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "tchau tchau"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "pa-pa"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "la revedere"
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          "word": "пока́"
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          "word": "бай-ба́й"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "adiós"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "chau"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "bái bai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "bai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "chào nha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
          "word": "disca"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
          "word": "Heia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "onenne",
          "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
          "word": "おねんね"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "baju-baj",
          "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
          "word": "баю-бай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
          "word": "bà bà"
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      "ipa": "/baɪˈbaɪ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaɪbaɪ/"
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      "ipa": "/bəˈbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪbaɪ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪbaɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪbaɪ/1 syllable",
    "en:Farewells",
    "en:Sleep"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System",
          "text": "Bye bye! Let's play again some time!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Goodbye."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "Goodbye",
          "goodbye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, often childish) Goodbye."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "informal",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/baɪˈbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaɪbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪbaɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bye-bye.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bye-bye.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bye-bye.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "by-by"
    },
    {
      "word": "bye bye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪbaɪ",
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    "en:Farewells",
    "en:Sleep"
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          "name": "zh-l"
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          "args": {
            "1": "バイバイ"
          },
          "expansion": "バイバイ (baibai)",
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    {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "baybay",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Turkish: baybay"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bye"
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      "expansion": "bye",
      "name": "m"
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        "2": "goodbye"
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      "name": "m"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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      "args": {},
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        "A goodbye."
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      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "goodbye",
          "goodbye"
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        "colloquial",
        "often"
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      "categories": [
        "English childish terms",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 224",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "Bedtime",
          "bedtime"
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        [
          "going to sleep",
          "go to sleep"
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        [
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          "go to bed"
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          "word": "beddy-bye"
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        "childish",
        "colloquial"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/baɪˈbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaɪbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈbaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪbaɪ"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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        "rare"
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    },
    {
      "word": "bye bye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔilā l-liqāʔ",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "إِلَى اَللِّقَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "english": "bay bay",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "بَاي بَاي"
    },
    {
      "alt": "baai³⁻¹ baai³",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "拜拜"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "再見"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zoi³ gin³",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "再见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "再見"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàijiàn",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "再见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "再會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàihuì",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "再会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàibài, bāibái, báibái",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "拜拜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "SMS slang",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "88"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "doei doei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "dag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "hei hei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "hei sitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "salut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "tchao"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "à plus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "alvidā",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "अलविदा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bāī bāī",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "बाई बाई"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "pá-pá"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "dadah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dewa",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "では"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mata ne",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "またね"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ja, mata",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "じゃ、また"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bai-bai",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "バイバイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bai",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "バイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "annyeong",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "안녕"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baibai",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "바이바이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ppaippai",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "빠이빠이"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "atā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "sveiks"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "ha det"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodâhâfez",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "خداحافظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bây bây",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "بای بای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "pa pa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "tchau tchau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "pa-pa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "la revedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poká",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "пока́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "baj-báj",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "бай-ба́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "adiós"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "chau"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "bái bai"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "bai"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "chào nha"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "goodbye — see also bye, goodbye",
      "word": "disca"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
      "word": "Heia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onenne",
      "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
      "word": "おねんね"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "baju-baj",
      "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
      "word": "баю-бай"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bedtime for a toddler",
      "word": "bà bà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bye-bye"
}

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