Say "Happy New Year" in Chinese!

[VGMStudios33]

isnt that in mandarin? what about cantonese? i was told it was something different.

[asiantrolls]

@VGMStudios33 - goong hai fat choy - cantonese version.

[Hakufangirl90]

Xin Yin Kuai Le!

Happy New Year, year of the dragon!

[jtomasik]

Happy New Year!

[zorster]

Thanks again. Had to review for this new year.

[Ron42874]

Thank you Diana.

Ron

[sinsagoodmansbrother]

Okay Great! Thank you... I just like the food there and thought It would be a nice gesture. I can only say hello and goodbye in chinese. I go to a flea market here that has "Oriental Gifts" I joke around with the store owners but the language barrier is very frustrating... It's like I would love to talk to them about their backround & history and culture but I can't because of the language difference... I thought a gift would kind of be like a thank you and an acknowledgement of friendship...

[LearnChineseWithEase]

Thanks for sharing! Very concise :-)

[sinsagoodmansbrother]

For the 2012 Chinese New Year, I want to give a gift to the girl in the Chinese restaurant I go to everyday. It's just my way of saying thank you... Can you tell me if that's okay to do? Is it appropriate? Is giving a small gift okay? It's just some red firecracker lights that say Good Fortune in chinese...

[LearnChineseWithEase]

@sinsagoodmansbrother It's definitely okay if it's a small gift! Chinese are more accustomed to gifts during the New Year than Americans are! Also, since gifts are given for so many reasons in Chinese culture, she will more than likely NOT read anything into it. However, she may wonder what purpose you have for giving the gift, but will be patient to see over time what that is. More than likely, she'll mark it down as good customer relations.

[kaytekat11]

Just wondering can't you also say it gong chi fa chai or gong hei fa choi.

[HillaryHell]

@kaytekat11 yes, you can. she is saying the mandarin version, and you're thinking of the cantonese version. Both mean happy new year, mandarin chinese is just more widely known.

[SonicSilverShadowGf]

i cant wait to get in college! Im going to learn how to speak Chinese and Japanese

[Bigmacmaniac]

Mandarin sucks. Cantonese all the way.

[eyebrid]

Thanks! Would you mind writing the pin yin?

[Sp3ctre18]

@eyebrid

pinyin is:

xīn nián kuài lè

or with tone numbers:

xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4

NEVER FORGET THE TONES! :o

[eyebrid]

@Sp3ctre18 Thank you!

[mesahusa]

lol this video iss from four years ago :D

[Pianomam]

新年快樂!! Wishing you a Happy year of the rabbit :)

[paopaowellwell]

i know ma i'm chinese candonese also

honestly say i very hunger to sleep your bed it taste full of your smell yammy

[Windows7Laptop]

do you have to say it 5 times like you did in the video

[whifling]

Thanks so much for this. There's some Chinese girls in my Japanese language class and they're so nice I want to make an effort with them.

[rockmelon1234567]

she is so wierd look at her in the eye

[scrapbook11]

She said it in Mandarin Chinese. GIONG HEI FAT CHOY is Cantonese Chinese

[PandaLord74]

AHA! i told my friend that this was how u say it but he didnt beleive me! i was right!

[trambui32]

i thought it was GIONG HEI FAT CHOY

[dawnlyx]

thats cantonese

[29samantha05]

We had a chinese week at my primary school which is about 5 years ago now and a chinese man came in to teach us about the history of china and the language and i can still remember a few things

Ni hao (Hello)

Ni Shi warde hao pan yo (You are my very good friend)

Xi Xi (thank you)

There right arent they.

And im goin to a chinese new year celebration next sunday in china town :D

[halamcheng]

not exactly lol

Ni shi wo de hao peng you *

Xie Xie *

Xia ci jian !

[RainbowMonkeeMittens]

Thanks so much! I JUST KNEW someone here on YouTube would be kind and helpful enough to post and share!

Much appreciated carpediem4utube! : )

[13150129]

If it's in english it will be like...

Kuai Le Xin Nian!(Actual : Xin Nian Kuai Le)

Kuai Le = Happy

Xin Nian = New Year

[SEREF1971]

Thank you very much you are so sweet

[bobandmarkcomcom]

Thank you :)

[richhhaaarrrddd]

Happy New Year, 2008. It's New Years day, I want to say it in Chinese to my colleagues.

You are a very good teacher! Please continue posting these very helpful vids. Thanks!!!

[sobek]

thanks for this...im living in china and i totally forgot how to say it...not anymore tho

[funckylishous]

it sounds like shean yen qi ya

[funckylishous]

thanks because i was looking every where

[lucasrangit]

xin1 nian3 kuai4 le!

[JonnyNice]

Thanks lucasrangit, I was looking up xing nian in the online dictionary and I couldn't find it :P

[steve91803]

It's "xin nian kuai le"

[cherishhellfire]

Thanks for this Diane. I wish there were subtitles, in English to help with pronunciation, or in Chinese, to be able to begin recognizing the characters. Thanks again.

Zoe