2006-10-19 17:14:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The above answer is close, but the official romanization is this:
shēng rì kuài lè
2006-10-19 20:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by Big Blair 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to what language you want to speak... Other than Mandarin, there are also Holkienese (more commonly known as Taiwanese in Taiwan), Hakka, and lots of indigenous languages in Taiwan!
In Mandarin Chinese, it's "生日快樂 (shēng rì kùai lè)"
There are two ways to say "Happy Birthday" in Holkienese/Taiwanese: (Try to make the "ii" and "eh" as flat as possible, and a very strong nasal sound on the n's.)
"Shiin lih quai loh" or "Sehn zhih quai loh"
(If you want to write a birthday card in Holkienese/Taiwanese, DO NOT COPY ANYTHING FROM HERE, because Holkienese/Taiwanese is not a written language.)
I can't help you with Hakka and indiginous languages here, as I cannot speak them myself, but I think the pronunciation of Happy Birthday in Hakka MIGHT BE similar to that in Holkienese/Taiwanese.
However, the English version of Happy Birthday is very popular in Taiwan as well, but I think, in average, only people under about 70 would like it. :-)
2006-10-19 23:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Singing River 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Taiwanese San leaz quiet lo!
2006-10-19 17:19:44 · answer #3 · answered by Nuthouse 4456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋