cheers

English

Pronunciation

(UK): IPA^(key): /tʃɪəz/
(US): enPR: chĭrz, IPA^(key): /tʃɪɹz/
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Rhymes: -ɪə(r)z

Verb

cheers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheer

Noun

cheers

plural of cheer

Interjection

cheers

A common toast used when drinking in company.
(Britain, informal) goodbye
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, informal) thank you

Synonyms

(toast): bottoms up, skoal, chin chin, down the hatch, here’s mud in your eye
(informal: goodbye): bye, catch you later, cheerio (UK), laters (slang), see you, see you later, see you after (Scottish), see you later alligator, so long, ta-ta (British)
(informal: thank you): ta (UK, AUS, NZL), thanks; see also Thesaurus:thank you

Translations

toast when drinking

Albanian: gëzuar (sq)
Amharic: መልካም (mälkam)
Arabic: فِي صِحَّتِكَ!‎‎ m (fī ṣiḥḥatika!), فِي صِحَّتِكِ!‎‎ f (fī ṣiḥḥatiki!)
Egyptian Arabic: فى صحتك‎‎ m (fe seḥḥétak), f‎‎ (fe seḥḥétek)

Moroccan Arabic: صحة و عافية‎ (saha wa'afia), Please add the correct script [script needed] (kesak) sg & Please add the correct script [script needed] (keskun) pl
Armenian: կենացդ (kenacʿd)
Azerbaijani: sağlan ol
Basque: eskerriska
Breton: yec’hed mat (br)
Bulgarian: наздраве (bg) (nazdrave)
Catalan: salut (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 乾杯, 干杯 (gon¹ bui¹), 飲勝, 饮胜 (jam² sing³), 飲杯, 饮杯 (jam² bui¹), 勝嘅, 胜嘅 (sing³ ge³)

Hakka: 乾杯, 干杯 (kôn-pî)

Mandarin: 乾杯 (zh), 干杯 (zh) (gānbēi) (dry cup)

Min Nan: 乾杯 (zh-min-nan), 干杯 (kan-poe), 啉予焦 (lim hō͘ ta), 予焦啦 (hō͘ ta--lah), 乾啦, 干啦 (kan--lah)
Czech: na zdraví (cs)
Danish: skål (da)
Dutch: proost (nl), gezondheid (nl), santé (nl), prut (nl), cheers (nl), daar ga je
Esperanto: je via sano, sanon (eo)
Estonian: terviseks, proosit
Faroese: skál
Finnish: kippis (fi)
French: à votre santé (fr) (formal), santé (fr), tchin-tchin (fr)
Galician: saúde
Georgian: გაუმარჯოს (gaumarǯos), გაგიმარჯოს (gagimarǯos)
German: prost (de), zum Wohl (de)
Greek: εις υγείαν (eis ygeían), στην υγειά… (stin ygeiá…), γεια μας (geia mas)
Hebrew: לחיים‎‎ (he) (le'khaim)
Hindi: चीयर्स (cīyars)
Hungarian: egészségedre (hu), szervusz (hu), csincsin
Icelandic: skál (is)
Indonesian: pro (id), tos (id)
Irish: sláinte
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: cin cin, alla salute, salute (it)
Japanese: 乾杯 (ja) (かんぱい, kanpai) (dry cup)
Khmer: សន្តិយុត្ត (sɑnte' yutta')
Korean: 건배 (geonbae) (乾杯 (ko)) (dry cup), 위하여 (wihayeo), 축배 (chukbae) The Korean expression “위하여” means “for”. You can add any objective depending on the circumstances, or simply omit it.

Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Ladin: viva, vives
Lao: ຕຳຈອກ (tam chǭk)
Latvian: priekā
Lithuanian: į sveikatą
Luxembourgish: prost
Macedonian: на здравје (na zdravje)
Maltese: saħħa (mt), evviva
Marathi: चियर्स (ciyars)
Mongolian: таны эрүүл мэндийн тѳлѳѳ (tany erüül mendijn tѳlѳѳ)
Navajo: ídlą́ (to one person), ohdlą́ (to two people), daʼohdlą́ (to three or more)
Norman: santé!
Norwegian: skål (no)
Occitan: Santat, a la vòstra
Okinawan: カリーサビラ (kariisabira), カリー (karii)
Old English: wæs Þu hæl
Persian: به سلامتی‎‎ (be salâmati)
Polish: na zdrowie (pl)
Portuguese: saúde (pt), tim tim
Romanian: (hai) noroc!, sănătate! (ro)
Romansch: viva
Russian: за ва́ше здоро́вье (za váše zdoróvʹje) (formal), за твоё здоро́вье (za tvojó zdoróvʹje) (informal), бу́дем здоро́вы (búdem zdoróvy) or just ва́ше здоро́вье (ru) (váše zdoróvʹje). Russians don’t have a general toast-cheer, but "за ваше здоровье" is most used.; пей до дна́ (pej do dná) (drink to the bottom), за здоро́вье (za zdoróvʹje) (generic but less common)
Scottish Gaelic: slàinte
Serbo-Croatian: do dna, živjeli, čin čin
Cyrillic: уздравље, живели

Roman: uzdravlje, živeli
Slovak: na zdravie
Slovene: na zdravje, na zdravje
Spanish: salud (es)
Swahili: maisha marefu, afya (sw), vifijo
Swedish: skål (sv)
Tagalog: tagay
Thai: ไชโย (th) (chai-yoo), ชนแก้ว
Turkish: şerefe (tr)
Ukrainian: будьмо (uk) (budʹmo)
Urdu: چیرس‎‎ (chīrs)
Vietnamese: sự cạn ly, nâng cốc chúc mừng
Walloon: a vosse santé, santé (wa), a ti (familiar)
Welsh: iechyd da
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

informal: goodbye

Dutch: tot ziens (nl), tot later, ciao (nl), (Netherlands) hoi (nl), (Netherlands) doei (nl), doeg (nl), ik zie je, later (nl), (Flemish) salu/salut (nl), slukes
Estonian: tsau (et)
Finnish: terve (fi), moikka (fi)
French: à plus (fr), salut (fr) m, ciao (fr)
German: tschüss (de)
Greek: γεια (el) (geia)
Italian: ci vediamo
Macedonian: чао (čao)

Persian: خداحافظ‎‎ (fa) (khodaahaafez)
Polish: cześć (pl)
Portuguese: tchau (pt)
Romanian: pa (ro)
Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká)
Spanish: nos vemos
Swedish: hej (sv), mors (sv), morsning (sv), tja (sv)
Turkish: güle güle (tr)

informal: thank you

American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
Danish: tak (da)
Dutch: dank je, dankjewel (nl)/dank je wel, bedankt (nl), jo (nl), joe (nl), thanks (Flemish) merci (nl), mercikes
Estonian: tänud
Finnish: kiitti (fi)
French: merci (fr)
German: danke (de)
Macedonian: фала (fala)

Malay: terima kasih (ms)
Polish: dzięki (pl)
Portuguese: valeu
Romanian: mersi (ro)
Russian: спаси́бо (ru) (spasíbo)
Spanish: gracias (es)
Turkish: teşekkürler (tr)
Welsh: diolch (cy)

Anagrams

Escher, Reches, Scheer

Dutch

Etymology

From English cheers.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃeːrs/, [tʃɪːrs]

Interjection

cheers

cheers (toast)

Synonyms

proost, gezondheid, santé, schol, prut

Anagrams

scheer, schere

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