How to Say ‘See you later!’ in Simplified Chinese
回头见！
huí tóu jiàn
[huítóu jiàn]
💬 Usage Tip: 回头 literally means "turn the head", but here it means "later" or "in a bit".
🇨🇳 In China: It's a casual goodbye between friends and coworkers, and fine even with no set plan to meet.
Phrase Breakdown
回头
huí tóu
[huítóu]
later
Colloquial for 'some time later'.
回头再聊。
Talk later.
见
jiàn
[jiàn]
to see; to meet
A verb meaning to see or meet; used in goodbyes like 'see you'.
明天见！
See you tomorrow!
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