geek_frappa Posted January 28, 2006 at 05:13 PM Report Posted January 28, 2006 at 05:13 PM 新年快樂!! :o) Happy New Year!! Share more greetings! Quote
Lugubert Posted January 28, 2006 at 06:23 PM Report Posted January 28, 2006 at 06:23 PM 恭賀新禧 (Is there any difference in meaning between this one and 新年快乐?) Quote
Lu Posted January 28, 2006 at 06:33 PM Report Posted January 28, 2006 at 06:33 PM 恭喜发财，红包拿来！ Nah, just kidding :-) Quote
Xiao Kui Posted January 29, 2006 at 03:21 AM Report Posted January 29, 2006 at 03:21 AM Happy New Year! I wish I were in China eating 腊肉 in the home of my Chinese friends today! Quote
atitarev Posted January 29, 2006 at 04:31 AM Report Posted January 29, 2006 at 04:31 AM I live in Melbourne. We have flags with the text 新年快樂 (Mandarin: Xīnnián kuàilè) but next to it a romanised Cantonese text "kung hei fat choi" (it should be "gung hei faat choih"), which is the Cantonese for (恭喜發財). I checked this expression and found this exists in Mandarin as well (gōngxǐfācái). Is this silly? I mean, the romanisation should match what is written in characters? Aren't they 2 different expressions? I post the above in trad,, simpl, Mandarin pinyin and Cantonese Yale plus another one I found: 新年快乐 / 新年快樂 / Xīnnián kuàilè / san1 nin4 faai3 lok6 恭喜發財 / 恭喜发财 / gōngxǐfācái / gung1 hei2 faat3 choi4 恭贺新禧 / 恭賀新禧 / gōnghèxīnxǐ / gung1 ho6 san1 hei1 Is it possible just to say, as in Japanese (kyōga shinnen)?: 恭贺新年 / 恭賀新年 / gōnghè xīnnián I saw many other signs, one had 4 characters. I didn't have a pen to copy the characters. "祝 ? 好 ?" Which one could it be? Quote
elina Posted January 29, 2006 at 12:57 PM Report Posted January 29, 2006 at 12:57 PM 新春快乐！xin1 chun1 kuai4 le4 狗年旺旺！gou3 nian2 wang4 wang4 Quote
skylee Posted January 31, 2006 at 03:24 PM Report Posted January 31, 2006 at 03:24 PM I took this picture in Bangkok. I think it is special that they've chosen to use 新正 instead of 新春. I guess maybe its because there is not really spring there ... Quote
amego Posted February 2, 2006 at 05:24 PM Report Posted February 2, 2006 at 05:24 PM Ooo icic...anyway the 1st month of the Lunar Year is known as 正月 zheng1 yue4. Anyway 新正快乐! Quote
xiaocai Posted February 2, 2006 at 06:21 PM Report Posted February 2, 2006 at 06:21 PM It should be zheng1 yue4 and xin1 zheng1 here. Quote
amego Posted February 2, 2006 at 06:32 PM Report Posted February 2, 2006 at 06:32 PM Ooo ic...thanx Quote
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