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See also: 再见
Chinese
[edit]Chinese phrasebook
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again; once more; next in sequence again; once more; next in sequence; another |
to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview | ||
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trad. (再見) | 再 | 見 | |
simp. (再见) | 再 | 见 | |
Literally: “to see again”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoi3 gin3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): doi1 gen1
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoi3 gin3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): cái-giéng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tse-ci
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zàijiàn
- Wade–Giles: tsai4-chien4
- Yale: dzài-jyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjiann
- Palladius: цзайцзянь (czajczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 再建
再見/再见
在建
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зэҗян (zeži͡an, III-III) / зэ җян (ze ži͡an, III-III)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/, /t͡sɛ⁴⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zoi3 gin3
- Yale: joi gin
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi3 gin3
- Guangdong Romanization: zoi3 gin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔːi̯³³ kiːn³³/
- Homophones:
再建
再見/再见
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: doi1 gen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tᵘɔi³³ ken³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chai-kien
- Hakka Romanization System: zai gien
- Hagfa Pinyim: zai4 gian4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯⁵⁵ ki̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chai-kian
- Hakka Romanization System: zai gian
- Hagfa Pinyim: zai4 gian4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯⁵⁵ ki̯an⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cái-giéng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai²¹³⁻⁵³ (k-)iɛŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chài-chián
- Tâi-lô: tsài-tsián
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaeciern
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn⁵³/
Note: chài-chián - from Mandarin.
- Middle Chinese: tsojH kenH
Interjection
[edit]再見
- (polite) goodbye; see you later
- goodbye my love 我的愛人再見 goodbye my love 相見不知哪一天 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
- From: 1975, performed by Teresa Teng, lyrics by Wen Choi, music by Masaaki Hirao, “Goodbye! my love”
- goodbye my love, wǒ dì àirén zàijiàn, goodbye my love, xiàngjiàn bùzhī nǎ yītiān- [Pinyin]
- [Goodbye, my love]. I don't know where we'll meet [again] someday.
goodbye my love 我的爱人再见 goodbye my love 相见不知哪一天 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Verb
[edit]再見
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Entry #51631”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
さい Grade: 5 |
けん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 再見 (MC tsojH kenH).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- looking at again, watching again, seeing again
- (book 5, foreword to poems 794-799)
- (book 5, foreword to poems 794-799)
Verb
[edit]再見する • (saiken suru) suru (stem 再見し (saiken shi), past 再見した (saiken shita))
- to look again; to watch again
- 日本撮影を再見しよう! ― Nihon satsuei o saiken shiyō! ― Let's have another look at the Japanese cinematography!
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "再見する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 再見し | さいけんし | saiken shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 再見し | さいけんし | saiken shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 再見する | さいけんする | saiken suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 再見する | さいけんする | saiken suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 再見すれ | さいけんすれ | saiken sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 再見せよ¹ 再見しろ² |
さいけんせよ¹ さいけんしろ² |
saiken seyo¹ saiken shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 再見される | さいけんされる | saiken sareru | |
Causative | 再見させる 再見さす |
さいけんさせる さいけんさす |
saiken saseru saiken sasu | |
Potential | 再見できる | さいけんできる | saiken dekiru | |
Volitional | 再見しよう | さいけんしよう | saiken shiyō | |
Negative | 再見しない | さいけんしない | saiken shinai | |
Negative continuative | 再見せず | さいけんせず | saiken sezu | |
Formal | 再見します | さいけんします | saiken shimasu | |
Perfective | 再見した | さいけんした | saiken shita | |
Conjunctive | 再見して | さいけんして | saiken shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 再見すれば | さいけんすれば | saiken sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
つぁい Grade: 5 |
ちぇん Grade: 1 |
irregular |
Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
さい Grade: 5 |
ちぇん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi | irregular |
Kanji in this term | |
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再 | 見 |
ざい Grade: 5 |
ちぇん Grade: 1 |
irregular |
From modern Mandarin 再見/再见 (zàijiàn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]再見 or 再見 or 再見 • (tsaichen or saichen or zaichen)
- (informal, rare, in a Chinese context) goodbye, see you later
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually written in katakana to avoid ambiguity.
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