How to Say “Good Night” in Tibetan

By Jonathan Rodney • Updated October 1, 2026

གཟིམ་འཇགས་གནངྒོ།

sim-jah nahng-go

The Tibetan phrase for "good night" is གཟིམ་འཇགས་གནངྒོ། (sim-jah nahng-go).

གཟིམ་འཇགས་གནངྒོ། is used as a farewell phrase.

Meaning: a farewell (phrase)

How do you pronounce it?

sim-jah nahng-go

Did you know?

If you use the honorific verb གཟིམ་ (gzim) to describe your own sleep, you might inadvertently sound extremely arrogant to a Tibetan listener.
Because Tibetan culture places high value on hierarchy, the way you say 'good night' changes entirely depending on whether you are speaking to a child, a peer, or a monk.
The phrase implies a state of being 'settled' or 'at rest' rather than just the biological act of closing one's eyes.

Example conversation

Two friends are saying goodbye at the end of the evening.

བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzin

དེ་རུང་ ད་གཟིམ་འཇགས་གནངྒོ།
de rung da zim jag nang-go
Anyway, good night now.
ཆོས་སྒྲོན། Choesron

འོ་ན་ གཟིམ་འཇགས་གནངྒོ།
o na zim jag nang-go
Then, good night.
བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzin

སང་ཉིན་གặpགྱི།
sang nyin gap gyi
See you tomorrow.
ཆོས་སྒྲོན། Choesron

འོ་ན་ སང་ཉིན་གặpགྱི།
o na sang nyin gap gyi
Okay, see you tomorrow.

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Jonathan Rodney

Hello! I am Jonathan, a language enthusiast with a particular passion for Nepali. I enjoy guiding others through detailed and fun language guides, making learning languages as 'sweet' as 'chocolate' (चकलेट in Nepali)! When I am not teaching phrases like 'Are you okay?' (तिमीलाई ठिक छ? Timilai thik cha?) in Nepali, you might find me exploring culinary delights, contemplating 'bananas' (केरा, kera) and 'capsicums' (भेडे खुर्सानी, bhede khursani). I love 'mangos' (आफू, aapu) and 'curry leaves' (करी पत्ता, kari patta). I find fascination in everyday items just as much as the extraordinary, from 'coffee' (कफी, kafi) to 'cockroaches' (झinga, jhinga). My time with Himalayan languages also led me to Tibetan, and I now share guides on how to say words in Tibetan as well.

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