新年快樂 (simplified: 新年快乐, pinyin spelling xīn nián kuài lè, pronounced sseen nee-ahn kwhy luh) is Happy New Year in Chinese.Bạn sẽ xem: Gong xi fa cai là gì
新年 (pinyin spelling xīn nián, pronounced sseen nee-ahn) is New Year. 新 (xīn) is new và 年 (nián) is year.Bạn vẫn xem: Gong xi fa cai là gì
快樂 (simplified: 快乐, pinyin spelling kuài lè, pronounced kwhy luh) is happiness, joy, delight, or rejoicings.
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So “Happy New Year” in English is “New Year Happy” in Chinese: 新年快樂 (xīn nián kuài lè).
How to lớn say Happy Chinese Lunar New Year in Chinese?
The most common Chinese ways of saying Happy Lunar New Year are Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) và Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese). Even though the pronunciations are a little different, both are written the same way.
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Fa Cai (發財) is lớn become rich or lớn make money.
Thus, Gong Xi Fa Cai means wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year.
So, when people greet you with or Gong Xi Fa Cai during the Chinese New Year, what vị you say?
Simply respond with the same phrase they used. It means “Wishing you a prosperous year, too.”
A fun way khổng lồ respond to lớn someone who greets you with Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese) is Hong Bao mãng cầu Lai, “Red envelope please!”
What lớn Say to Gong Hey Fat Choy (恭禧發財)?
Hong Bao na Lai!
What?
Yes, lớn a close friend or colleague you can say, “Hong Bao mãng cầu Lai,” (紅包拿來) which is “May I have the red envelope, please!”
Hong Bao (紅包) is a red envelope. Red is the luckiest màu sắc in China. During Chinese New Year, Chinese parents give cash gifts in red envelopes to lớn their children. So hong bao is cash gift or lucky money. In a different context, it can also be used to lớn mean bribe money.
Na Lei (拿來) means “Bring it to me.”
How vì you write Hong Bao na Lai in Chinese?
紅包拿來 (simplified 红包拿来, pinyin spelling hóng bāo ná lái, pronounced lượt thích hoong bow nah lie).
So here’s your Chinese lesson of the day:
Person A: Gong Xi Fa Cai. May you become rich!
Person B: Hong Bao mãng cầu Lai. Red envelope, please. Let me start to become rich by getting money from you.
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The Essential Guide to New Year, Lunar New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai, and Gong Hey Fat Choy Greetings for Mandarin Chinese Learners by Good Characters