Phrase guide

see you

phrase · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

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  • /ˈsiː juː/
  • /ˈsiː jə/
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1

phrase

Meaning 1

see you later.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

phrase

Meaning 2

Used as a farewell, stating the next time the speaker and interlocutor(s) will see each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • See you at the weekend!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

phrase

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, you.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: スイ ウヌカㇻアン ロ (suy unukaran ro) — see you later
  • Arabic: أراكَ قَريبًا — see you later
  • Arabic: سَلَام (salām) — see you later
  • Arabic: إِلَى اللِّقَاء (ʔilā l-liqāʔ) — see you later
  • Arabic: نشوفك (nišūfak) — see you later
  • Armenian: կտեսնվենք (ktesnvenkʻ) — see you later
  • Azerbaijani: görüşənədək — see you later
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拜拜 (báibái) — see you later
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回頭見 /回头见 (huítóu jiàn) — see you later
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回見 /回见 (huíjiàn) — see you later
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一會兒見 /一会儿见 (yīhuìr jiàn, yīhuǐr jiàn) — see you later
  • Chinese Mandarin: 再會 /再会 (zàihuì) — see you later
  • Czech: ahoj — see you later
  • Danish: vi ses — see you later
  • Danish: på gensyn — see you later
  • Dutch: later — see you later
  • Dutch: mazzel — see you later
  • Esperanto: ĝis — see you later
  • Estonian: näeme — see you later
  • Estonian: nägemiseni — see you later
  • Finnish: nähdään — see you later
  • Finnish: näkemiin — see you later
  • Finnish: jälleennäkemisiin — see you later
  • French: à plus — see you later
  • French: à toute — see you later
  • Galician: vémonos — see you later
  • Galician: a máis ver — see you later
  • Georgian: ნახვამდის (naxvamdis) — see you later
  • Georgian: შეხვედრამდე (šexvedramde) — see you later
  • German: bis bald — see you later
  • German: bis dann — see you later
  • German: tschüss — see you later
  • German: wir sehen uns — see you later
  • Greek: τα λέμε (ta léme) — see you later
  • Greek: τα λέμε αργότερα (ta léme argótera) — see you later
  • Hebrew: להתראות (lehitra'ót) — see you later
  • White Hmong: pom koj tom qab — see you later
  • Hungarian: viszlát — see you later
  • Indonesian: sampai jumpa — see you later
  • Italian: arrivederci — see you later
  • Italian: ciao — see you later
  • Jamaican Creole: likkle more — see you later
  • Japanese: じゃあね (jā ne) — see you later
  • Japanese: じゃ、また (ja, mata) — see you later
  • Japanese: またね (mata ne) — see you later
  • Japanese: バイバイ (baibai) — see you later
  • Japanese: ジャね (ja ne) — see you later
  • Japanese: ジャ — see you later
  • Kazakh: кездескенше (kezdeskenşe) — see you later
  • Khmer: លាហើយ (lie haǝy) — see you later
  • Khmer: លាសិនហើយ (lie sən haǝy) — see you later
  • Korean: 안녕 (annyeong) — see you later
  • Latvian: uz redzēšanos — see you later
  • Lithuanian: iki — see you later
  • Macedonian: се гледаме (se gledame) — see you later
  • Malayalam: വീണ്ടും കാണാം (vīṇṭuṁ kāṇāṁ) — see you later
  • Maltese: ċaw — see you later
  • Marathi: भेटू (bheṭū) — see you later
  • Mongolian: дараа уулзая — see you later
  • Neapolitan: ce verimmo — see you later
  • Nepali: पछि भेटौँला (pachi bheṭa͠ulā) — see you later
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vi sees — see you later
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vi ses — see you later
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snakkes — see you later
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på gjensyn — see you later
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vi sest — see you later
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vi talast — see you later
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: me sjåast — see you later
  • Persian: میبینمت (mi-binamet) — see you later
  • Polish: do zobaczenia — see you later
  • Polish: na razie — see you later
  • Polish: cześć — see you later
  • Polish: nara — see you later
  • Polish: pa — see you later
  • Polish: pa pa — see you later
  • Polish: bywaj — see you later
  • Portuguese: falou — see you later
  • Portuguese: até — see you later
  • Portuguese: até mais — see you later
  • Romanian: ne vedem — see you later
  • Romanian: pe mai târziu — see you later
  • Russian: пока́ (poká) — see you later
  • Russian: до встре́чи (do vstréči) — see you later
  • Russian: увидимся (uvidimsja) — see you later
  • Inari-Sami: uáinimân — see you later
  • Northern Sami: oaidnaleapmái — see you later
  • Skolt-Sami: vuõinnlõõttâp — see you later
  • Samoan: feiloai mulimuli ane — see you later
  • Serbo-Croatian: vidimo se — see you later
  • Slovak: ahoj — see you later
  • Slovene: se vidiva — see you later
  • Spanish: nos vemos — see you later
  • Spanish: nos veremos — see you later
  • Swedish: vi ses — see you later
  • Tamil: உன்னை பார்ககிஸ்ரக்றேன் (uṉṉai pārkakisrakṟēṉ) — see you later
  • Thai: เจอกัน (jəə-gan) — see you later
  • Thai: แล้วพบกันใหม่ (lɛ́ɛo-póp-gan-mài) — see you later
  • Thai: ไว้เจอกันใหม่ (wái-jəə-gan-mài) — see you later
  • Turkish: sonra görüşürüz — see you later
  • Turkish: görüşürüz — see you later
  • Ukrainian: побачимось (pobachymos') — see you later
  • Vietnamese: hẹn gặp lại — see you later
  • Zazaki: bahdo pê vinem — see you later