Comments on: The phonetic pronunciation of the Chinese word for goodbye? http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php Learn to speak Chinese today Fri, 27 May 2011 12:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Durian http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php/comment-page-1#comment-1229 Durian Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:13:30 +0000 http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php#comment-1229 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? 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?

]]> By: niktom_teen87 http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php/comment-page-1#comment-1230 niktom_teen87 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:13:30 +0000 http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php#comment-1230 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) 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)

]]> By: dotj http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php/comment-page-1#comment-1231 dotj Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:13:30 +0000 http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/the-phonetic-pronunciation-of-the-chinese-word-for-goodbye.php#comment-1231 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! 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!

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