See you later!

[Mike]

大家好

I know that (明天见) ming2tian1 jian4 means See you tomorrow but what about See you later? Is it just zai4jian4 (再见) or is another phrase better? I want to say that we will see each other later, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after that, but soon.

谢谢

[gougou]

If the time is unspecified, you should use 再见. If you want to say "See you later" meaning later today, you can also use 待会见。

[Koneko]

You can also say 稍候见.

稍候 = Later

见 = See

[Mike]

多谢!

[imitation]

oh ofcourse everyone in China will know what you mean if you say bye-bye 拜拜 (bai - bai) tones not to important for this.

[lokki]

I was under the impression you can say 过一会儿见 "see you in a little while". Is there anything wrong with that?

Also, the way I understood it 一会儿 would always refer to som time later the same day. Is that correct?

[889]

Try 下次见! Xiaci jian! "Till next time!"

[studentyoung]

what about See you later?

I think the closest colloquial phase is 回头见.

老李：啊，老杨，去市场买菜啊？

Li: Ho, Yang, are you going to buy some food in the market?

老杨：是啊，老李，咱回头见。

Yang: Indeed, Li, and see you later.

Thanks!