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  • 1

    v.say goodbye to; bid farewell to

    • dòng shēn de nà tiān qīng zǎo wǒ tè dì qù xiàng tā gào bié

      动身清早特地告别

      I specially went to say goodbye to her before setting out that morning.

    • wǒ xiàng tā gào bié lái le

      告别

      I've come to say good-bye to him.

    • tā méi yǒu gào bié jiù zǒu le

      没有告别

      She left without saying goodbye.

  • 2

    v.(by way of a wave of hand or words of pleasantry) leave; take leave of; part from

    • tā bǎ xìn jiāo gěi le duì zhǎng jiù cōng cōng gào bié le

      交给队长匆匆告别

      He hurried off after hand-ing over the letter to the team leader.

    • wǒ men gào bié le zhè ge dì fang jì xù xiàng qián jìn

      我们告别这个地方继续向前

      We left the place and went on with our journey.

    • wǒ men gào bié le xī ān yòu gǎn wǎng lán zhōu

      我们告别西安兰州

      We left Xi'an and went on to Lanzhou.

  • 3

    v.pay one's last respects to the deceased

    • tā men xiàng sǐ zhě gào bié

      他们死者告别

      They paid their last respects.

    • tā xiàng yí tǐ gào bié

      遗体告别

      She paid hers last respects to the deceased.

    • rén men duì xī shēng de zhàn shì gào bié

      人们牺牲战士告别

      The people bid farewell to their fallen soldiers.

Word usage

  • Note
    "告别" is different from "辞别". "告别" can be without an object; "辞别" usually is followed by an object.
  • "告" and "别" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • He forgot to say goodbye to me.

    • 我们母亲

      Before we leave, let's say goodbye to our mother once more.

    • 我们机场

      We made our farewell at the airport.