Say goodbye in Chinese
to say goodbye · HSK 5
告别
- 告 to tell
- 别 don't
离开前，他向大家告别。 Before leaving, he said goodbye to everyone.
Other ways to say say goodbye
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How do you say say goodbye in Chinese?
Say goodbye in Chinese is 告别 (gào bié). You can also say 分别 (fēn bié), 分手 (fēn shǒu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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