再見

See also: 再见

Chinese
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Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Interjection

再見

  1. (polite) goodbye; see you later

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

再見

  1. (literally) to see (a person) again; to meet again
    一年後我們再見！／一年后我们再见！  ―  Yī nián hòu wǒmen zàijiàn!  ―  We will meet again after one year!

Synonyms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (再見):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Vietnamese: tái kiến (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
再 見
さい
Grade: 5		 けん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 再見 (MC tsojH kenH).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さいけん [sàíkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

再(さい)見(けん) • (saiken) 

  1. looking at again, watching again, seeing again
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū:
      (book 5, foreword to poems 794-799)
      ...泉門一掩、無由再見、嗚呼哀哉...
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Verb

再(さい)見(けん)する • (saiken suru) suru (stem 再(さい)見(けん)し (saiken shi), past 再(さい)見(けん)した (saiken shita))

  1. to look again; to watch again
    日(に)本(ほん)撮(さつ)影(えい)を再(さい)見(けん)しよう！ ― Nihon satsuei o saiken shiyō! ― Let's have another look at the Japanese cinematography!
Conjugation
Conjugation of "再見する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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
Kanji in this term
再 見
つぁい
Grade: 5		 ちぇん
Grade: 1
irregular
Kanji in this term
再 見
さい
Grade: 5		 ちぇん
Grade: 1
on’yomi irregular
Kanji in this term
再 見
ざい
Grade: 5		 ちぇん
Grade: 1
irregular

From modern Mandarin 再見／再见 (zàijiàn).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ツァ​イチェン [tsáꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sa̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]
  • (Tokyo) サ​イチェン [sáꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]
  • (Tokyo) ザ​イチェン [záꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]

Interjection

再見(ツァイチェン) or 再見(サイチェン) or 再見(ザイチェン) • (tsaichen or saichen or zaichen) 

  1. (informal, rare, in a Chinese context) goodbye, see you later
Usage notes
  • Usually written in katakana to avoid ambiguity.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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