Hi peeps ..any of you know how to say/pronounce "A Happy New Year" in Chinese?? I know the Chinese new year is in Feb and want to wish my "local" a Very Happy New Year in their own language ;) ..cheers :)
2007-01-08 10:32:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Thanks for all the answers peeps ..but i,m a bit confused as i don,t know exactly what to choose?? As what is the difference between Cantonese and Manadrin "Chinese" ??
2007-01-12 04:08:01 · update #1
this website is really excellent! Just press the hearing button to hear the lady say Happy New Year in chinese which is Xin nian kuai le!
http://www.goodcharacters.com/newsletters/chinese-happynewyear.html
There is another saying which is : Gong Xi Fa Cai http://www.goodcharacters.com/newsletters/gong-xi-fa-cai.html
2007-01-10 06:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by mycloud 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"恭喜發財 (gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2)" is one of the many blessings you're most likely to hear during the Chinese New Year, but it's rather a blessing that wishes someone to have a great wealth in the coming year than "happy new year." The phrase that really means "happy new year" in Chinese is "新年快樂 (xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4)."
Cantonese and Mandarin are two of the many dialects of Chinese. It's kind of hard to describe the differences between Cantonese and Mandarin, since I grew up learning Taiwanese and never learned to speak Cantonese (both belong to the Southern dialects). The basic information I can give you is that there are more tones in the Southern dialects than Mandarin, and the pronunciation is more complicated.
2007-01-12 05:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by Singing River 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'kung hay fat choi' is Cantonese I believe, yet native British call it Chinese.
In Mandarin Chinese it is probably 'gong xi fa tsai', though I am not sure of the spelling. Roman letters are obviously faulty in spelling Chinese, so they are not officially used in Taiwan. We say English instead.
2007-01-09 23:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by pendragon 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you decided in learning to talk Chinese then you should now that the best alternative is a Course for Mandarin.
2016-06-04 15:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gong hai fai choi
Gong Hay Fat Choy!
2007-01-08 10:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by Ebony Goddess 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
those other answers are Cantonese... does your friend speak Mandarin? If so its xin nian kuai le. (phonetically it sounds like shin knee ann kwai luh)
2007-01-08 10:50:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lichen360 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
not sure how its spelt. but it sounds like. Kung hey fa choy.
2007-01-08 10:35:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
kung hay fat choi. oh and by the way, i wish the same to you!
2007-01-08 10:39:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
kung hay fatchoi (spelt phonetically)
2007-01-08 10:35:18 · answer #9 · answered by missree 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋