Meanings
phrase
- informalsee 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.
1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 71Synonyms: CU, sithee, be seeing you, I'll be seeing you
- Used as a farewell, stating the next time the speaker and interlocutor(s) will see each other.
See you at the weekend!
Synonyms & antonyms
phrasesee you later.
Translations
Arabic أراكَ قَريبًا, سَلَام
- أراكَ قَريبًاsee you later
- سَلَام (salām)see you later
- إِلَى اللِّقَاء (ʔilā l-liqāʔ)see you later
Chinese Mandarin 拜拜, 回頭見 /回头见
- 拜拜 (báibái)see you later
- 回頭見 /回头见 (huítóu jiàn)see you later
- 回見 /回见 (huíjiàn)see you later
- 一會兒見 /一会儿见 (yīhuìr jiàn, yīhuǐr jiàn)see you later
- 再會 /再会 (zàihuì)see you later
Czech ahoj
- ahojsee you later
Danish vi ses, på gensyn
- vi sessee you later
- på gensynsee you later
Dutch later, mazzel
- latersee you later
- mazzelsee you later
Esperanto ĝis
- ĝissee you later
Estonian näeme, nägemiseni
- näemesee you later
- nägemisenisee you later
Finnish nähdään, näkemiin
- nähdäänsee you later
- näkemiinsee you later
- jälleennäkemisiinsee you later
French à plus, à toute
- à plussee you later
- à toutesee you later
German bis bald, bis dann
- bis baldsee you later
- bis dannsee you later
- tschüsssee you later
- wir sehen unssee you later
Greek τα λέμε, τα λέμε αργότερα
- τα λέμε (ta léme)see you later
- τα λέμε αργότερα (ta léme argótera)see you later
Hebrew להתראות
- להתראות (lehitra'ót)see you later
Hungarian viszlát
- viszlátsee you later
Indonesian sampai jumpa
- sampai jumpasee you later
Italian arrivederci, ciao
- arrivedercisee you later
- ciaosee you later
Japanese じゃあね, じゃ、また
- じゃあね (jā ne)see you later
- じゃ、また (ja, mata)see you later
- またね (mata ne)see you later
- バイバイ (baibai)see you later
- ジャね (ja ne)see you later
- ジャsee you later
Korean 안녕
- 안녕 (annyeong)see you later
Latvian uz redzēšanos
- uz redzēšanossee you later
Lithuanian iki
- ikisee you later
Norwegian Bokmål vi sees, vi ses
- vi seessee you later
- vi sessee you later
- snakkessee you later
- på gjensynsee you later
Persian میبینمت
- میبینمت (mi-binamet)see you later
Polish do zobaczenia, na razie
- do zobaczeniasee you later
- na raziesee you later
- cześćsee you later
- narasee you later
- pasee you later
- pa pasee you later
- bywajsee you later
Portuguese falou, até
- falousee you later
- atésee you later
- até maissee you later
Romanian ne vedem, pe mai târziu
- ne vedemsee you later
- pe mai târziusee you later
Russian пока́, до встре́чи
- пока́ (poká)see you later
- до встре́чи (do vstréči)see you later
- увидимся (uvidimsja)see you later
Slovak ahoj
- ahojsee you later
Spanish nos vemos, nos veremos
- nos vemossee you later
- nos veremossee you later
Swahili tuonane
- tuonanesee you later
Swedish vi ses
- vi sessee you later
Tamil உன்னை பார்ககிஸ்ரக்றேன்
- உன்னை பார்ககிஸ்ரக்றேன் (uṉṉai pārkakisrakṟēṉ)see you later
Thai เจอกัน, แล้วพบกันใหม่
- เจอกัน (jəə-gan)see you later
- แล้วพบกันใหม่ (lɛ́ɛo-póp-gan-mài)see you later
- ไว้เจอกันใหม่ (wái-jəə-gan-mài)see you later
Turkish sonra görüşürüz, görüşürüz
- sonra görüşürüzsee you later
- görüşürüzsee you later
Ukrainian побачимось
- побачимось (pobachymos')see you later
Vietnamese hẹn gặp lại
- hẹn gặp lạisee you later
Cite this entry
APA
see you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20you
MLA
“see you.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20you. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “see you,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20you.
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