Some common greetings during the Chinese New Year

As you may know that the Chinese New Year is considered as the biggest festival for the Chinese. Chinese all over the world celebrate it. Here, I am going to share some common simple words and phrases.


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#Cantonese
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#English_meaning
#Furigana



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简体字 Simplified Chinese	繁體字　 Traditional Chinese	拼音 Pinyin	English meaning
春节	春節	chūn jié	Chinese New Year
过年	過年	guò nián	celebrate the New Year
压岁钱	壓歲錢	yā suì qián	lucky money, New Year's Money
红包	紅包	hóng bāo	red packet
利是	利是	lì shì	red packet
水饺	水餃	shuǐ jiǎo	dumpling
汤圆	湯圓	tāng yuán	Tang yuan
春联	春聯	chūn lián	Spring Festival couplets
挥春	揮春	huī  chūn	Fai Chun
福	福	fú	fortune or good luck
祝福	祝福	zhù fú	blessing
新年快乐	新年快樂	xīn nián kuài lè	Happy New Year

When people meet each other during the Chinese New Year, they usually start with the following greetings, meaning 'Congratulations! Wish you a prosperous year!'

恭喜发财!  (Simplified Chinese) 恭喜發財!  (Traditional Chinese) Gong Xi Fa Cai  (Mandarin) Kung Hei Fat Choi  (Cantonese)

Below, I am going to share some other common simple blessing words/phrases.

简体字 Simplified Chinese	繁體字　　Traditional Chinese	拼音 Pinyin	Cantonese Pinyin	English meaning	Japanese Furigana
恭喜发财	恭喜發財	gōng xǐ  fā cái	gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4	May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)	ゴンヘイファッチョイ
迎春接福	迎春接福	yíng chūn jiē fú	jing4 ceon1 zip3 fuk1	Welcome the Spring and the good fortune	イングチュンジェフォー
身体健康	身體健康	shēn tǐ jiàn kāng	san1 tai2 gin6 hong1	Wish you good health	サンタイギンホン
万事如意	萬事如意	wàn shì rú yì	maan6 si6 jyu4 ji3	May all your hopes be fulfilled	マンシーユーイ
招财进宝	招財進寶	zhāo cái  jìn bǎo	ziu1 coi4 zeon3 bou2	Wish you wealth and success	ジュイチョイジョンボウ
心想事成	心想事成	xīn  xiǎng  shì  chéng	sam1 soeng2 si6 sing4	May all your wishes come true	サムソョンシーセン
生意兴隆	生意興隆	shēng yì xīng lóng	saang1 ji3 hing1 lung4	May your business flourish	サーンイーヘンロン
一帆风顺	一帆風順	yī fān fēng shùn	jat1 faan4 fung1 seon6	May things go smoothly for you	ヤッファンフォンシュン
学业进步	學業進步	xué yè jìn bù	hok6 jip6 zeon3 bou6	May you excel in your studies	ホッイップジョンボウ
青春常驻	青春常駐	qīng chūn cháng zhù	cing1 ceon1 soeng4 zyu3	Wish you youthful vigor forever	チェンチュンションジュー
步步高升	步步高升	bù bù gāo shēng	bou6 bou6 gou1 sing1	May every step take you higher	ボウボウゴウシン
横财就手	橫財就手	hèng cái  jiù  shǒu	waang4 coi4 zau6 sau2	May you have unexpected wealth easily	ワンチョイジャウサウ

When you see your Chinese friends during the Chinese New Year, why don't you try to speak some of the above blessing words to surprise them? ✌👀😏😎

Happy New Year!
Wish you a healthy and wealthy year.

Thank you very much for reading.
See you~~~