再見

See also: 再见

Chinese
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again; once more; next in sequence; another
 
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (再見) 再 見
simp. (再见) 再 见
Literally: “to see again”.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 再 見 見
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 見 (28) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 先 (85) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I IV IV
Fanqie 作代切 古電切 胡甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʌiH/ /kenH/ /ɦenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡səiH/ /kenH/ /ɦenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɒiH/ /kɛnH/ /ɣɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡səjH/ /kɛnH/ /ɦɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sᴀiH/ /kenH/ /ɣenH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sɒiH/ /kienH/ /ɣienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sɑ̆iH/ /kienH/ /ɣienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zài jiàn xiàn

Interjection

再見

  1. goodbye; see you later

Synonyms

Descendants

Noun

再見

  1. (literary) looking at again; watching again; seeing again

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (再見):

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 t͡sʌiH kenH).

Pronunciation

Noun

再見 (hiragana さいけん, rōmaji saiken)

  1. looking at again, watching again, seeing again

Verb

再見する (hiragana さいけんする, rōmaji saiken suru)

  1. to look again; to watch again
    日本撮影 (にほんさつえい)を再見 (さいけん)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.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 再見し さいけんし saiken shi
Continuative (連用形) 再見し さいけんし saiken shi
Terminal (終止形) 再見する さいけんする saiken suru
Attributive (連体形) 再見する さいけんする saiken suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 再見すれ さいけんすれ saiken sure
Imperative (命令形) 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
Grade: 5 Grade: 1
Irregular

From modern Mandarin 再見／再见 (zàijiàn).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ツァ​イチェン [tsáꜜìchèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [t͡sa̠it͡ɕẽ̞ɴ]

Interjection

再見 (katakana ツァイチェン, rōmaji tsaichen)

  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

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 再見 (MC t͡sʌiH kenH).

Noun

再見 (saiken) (kana さいけん)

  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)
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