how to pronounce bye

/baɪ/

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the above transcription of bye is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

bye is pronounced in one syllable

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of bye

baɪ

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An example use of bye in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of the way come on then bye-bye see in a …”

meaning of bye

Bye means goodbye.

bye frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word bye occurs in english on average 17.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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