English to Malay Greetings and Goodbyes

This page will help you to learn a variety of greetings in Malay including hello, time-specific greetings, and goodbyes - all translated from English to Malay.

By scrolling down you will find translations for words like hi and goodbye, plus translations for time-specific greetings like good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.

English to Malay Greetings:

Here is our list of greetings from English to Malay. You can also view this list with translations from Malay to English.

(Words in bold added during the last update.)

English to Malay Hellos:

Hi ➔ Hai

Time-Specific Greetings from English to Malay:

Good morning ➔ Selamat pagi

Good afternoon ➔ Selamat tengahari

Good evening ➔ Selamat petang

Good night ➔ Selamat malam (before going to bed)

English to Malay Goodbyes:

Goodbye ➔ Selamat tinggal

Bye ➔ Babai

See you tomorrow. ➔ Jumpa lagi esok.

*Malay greetings last updated: November 13, 2024.

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The Fine Print

I don't speak Malay myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding.