Saying Goodbye in Chinese online
When you’re talking to chinese online, it’s easy to say goodbye with “81.” Why? Well, in Chinese, 8 is ba, and 1 is yi. Put them together, and you have “bayi”, which sounds a lot like our “bye,” just cuter. You can also say, “881″ which translates to “BuhBye!”
(18:48:37) ?Random Friend: 81
(18:48:41) ?Random Friend: oh no
(18:48:45) ?Random Friend: bye
(18:48:48) ?Random Friend: I cant use 81
(18:48:52) Elliott Brook: what is 81?
(18:49:33) ?Random Friend: try to pronounce 81
(18:49:35) ?Random Friend: in chinese
(18:49:44) ?Random Friend: you’ve learned numbers right?
(18:49:45) Elliott Brook: AHHHH
(18:49:47) Elliott Brook: HAHAHAHA
(18:49:48) Elliott Brook: ba yi
(18:49:54) Elliott Brook: That’s hilarious
(18:50:06) Elliott Brook: It’s really ba shi yi, tho
(18:49:52) ?Random Friend: 81 sounds like ba yi
(18:50:08) ?Random Friend: so we usually say 81
(18:50:12) ?Random Friend: instead of bye
(18:50:20) ?Random Friend: you can use it to chinese
(18:50:34) ?Random Friend: they’ll be amazed
(18:50:45) ?Random Friend: and
(18:50:48) ?Random Friend: you can say
(18:50:48) ?Random Friend: 881
(18:50:51) ?Random Friend: byebye
(18:50:53) Elliott Brook: ba ba yi
(18:50:56) ?Random Friend: yes!
(18:50:58) ?Random Friend: ha
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We simply could not leave without bsaying goodbye/b to Mr Pan so we have spent the majority of a long, sleepy day hanging around the apartment awaiting his return to the school. Jann brought 3 wonderful kangaroo toys with her from b.../b - Awards and other stuff, and bsaying goodbye/b!!!
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I can read, sleep, eat, play PS, go for a walk, watch bchinese/b serials on tudou... but it seems so pointless. It's actually quite stressful to have a stress free life. God what am I bsaying/b? I'm going to hate myself for this when the work b.../b
on November 13th, 2005 at 1:06 pm
then what would 886 indicate in talking online?
on November 13th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
then what would 886 translate
on December 2nd, 2005 at 7:50 pm
ni hao!
hey whats up! hows it going peeps
well actually instead of using the term 81! lol well type either zai jian! or 88
these are most common infact when speaking formally to some one of chinese esp. those who are/live in china and is /would allso be respectable for both partys
well.
zai jian!
remember though 88 is concidered bye in two different cultures/political view’s
while 88 can stand for bye in chinese it is formal for the right wing/old/neo nazi party as a greeting and or to say bye
on September 5th, 2008 at 1:30 am
its never 81 its allways 88 i know i live in mainland china
www.myspace.com/timswebpage4foreigners
btw orignally from boston ma. now live in china which is a whole lot better