How to Say ‘You're welcome, bye.’ in Traditional Chinese
不客氣，掰掰。
bù kè qì bāi bāi
[boo kèqi bāibāi]
Phrase Breakdown
不客氣，
bù kè qì
You're welcome,
A polite reply to 'thank you'. Say it as one smooth unit: bú kè qì. 不 changes to second tone before the fourth-tone 客.
謝謝！不客氣。
Thank you! You're welcome.
Words in this phrase
不
bù
[boo]
not
Negates the phrase and helps build the teasing idea of 'probably not the first time.'
你這套話術，不是第一次用了吧？
This line of yours isn't the first time you've used it, right?
客氣
kè qì
[kèqi]
polite
Showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.
他說話很客氣。
He speaks very politely.
掰掰。
bāi bāi
Bye-bye.
A casual goodbye borrowed from English 'bye-bye'. In Taiwan it is usually said bāi bāi, both first tone and light.
明天見，掰掰！
See you tomorrow, bye-bye!
Words in this phrase
掰掰
bāi bāi
[bāibāi]
bye-bye
Casual goodbye, borrowed from English.
明天見，掰掰！
See you tomorrow, bye!
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