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see you

  • /ˈsiː juː/
  • /ˈsiː jə/

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  1. informal see you later. “See you,” I said. My tag line. Still the only way I have to say goodbye. See you. What did it mean? No tense. Elliptical. Almost an imperative. It must have been the last thing I ever said to my father. See you.

    Similar: CU, sithee, be seeing you, I'll be seeing you

  2. Used as a farewell, stating the next time the speaker and interlocutor(s) will see each other. See you at the weekend!
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, you.

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phrase see you later

Españolnos vemos, nos veremos
한국어안녕 annyeong
日本語じゃあね jā ne, じゃ、また ja, mata, またね mata ne, バイバイ baibai, ジャね ja ne, ジャ
中文拜拜 báibái, 回頭見 /回头见 huítóu jiàn, 回見 /回见 huíjiàn, 一會兒見 /一会儿见 yīhuìr jiàn, yīhuǐr jiàn, 再會 /再会 zàihuì
Kiswahilituonane
Portuguêsfalou, até, até mais
Françaisà plus, à toute
Deutschbis bald, bis dann, tschüss, wir sehen uns
Italianoarrivederci, ciao
Ελληνικάτα λέμε ta léme, τα λέμε αργότερα ta léme argótera
Românăne vedem, pe mai târziu
Русскийпока́ poká, до встре́чи do vstréči, увидимся uvidimsja
Tiếng Việthẹn gặp lại
العربيةأراكَ قَريبًا, سَلَام salām, إِلَى اللِّقَاء ʔilā l-liqāʔ
עבריתלהתראות lehitra'ót

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@misc{see_you_2026,
  title = {see you},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/see%20you},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}