The phonetic pronunciation of the Chinese word for goodbye?

3 Comments

1. Durian says:

   November 18, 2009 at 5:13 am

   Mandarin: Dzai Jyen (rhymes with "pie then")
   Cantonese Dzoy Geen (rhymes with "toy bean")

   That 88 business is because "eight-eight" in Chinese sounds like "ba ba" which sounds vaguely like "bye bye." Only Cantonese people think this joke is funny. A better Chinese play on words is that "baba", means Dad or Daddy. So for Chinese, Father’s day is always on August 8, because this is Ba-Ba day. Get it?
2. niktom_teen87 says:

   November 18, 2009 at 5:13 am

   forget phonetics- haha theres an easier way- just say 88- yep thats right eighty-eight(thats what it sounds like to say good bye in chinese)
3. dotj says:

   November 18, 2009 at 5:13 am

   I don’t know what kind of Chinese you mean, but in Mandarin Chinese, good-bye (zai jian) is pronounced "dzai jyan". Hope this helps!