Auspicious or lucky greetings are particularly important on a holiday like Chinese New Year otherwise known as Lunar New Year.

Lunar new year greetings in chinese characters. Even though the pronunciations are a little different both are written the same way. The standard greeting is to start with Happy New. Happy New Year there are many other greetings and sayings to express your great wish to others for the new year.

The Chinese New Year is often accompanied by loud enthusiastic greetings often referred to as 吉祥話 jíxiánghuà in Mandarin or 吉利說話 Kat Lei Seut Wa in Cantonese loosely translated as auspicious words or phrases. Start the following lesson on the most popular sayings for Chinese New Year with written Chinese characters. In Chinese banners are called 春联 春聯 chūnlián and have welcoming wishes for good health and prosperity written in beautiful calligraphy.

Happy lunar new year to you my workmate. Having a colleague like you has been quite a blessing. Chinese new year greeting card stock illustrations.

Other than saying Happy New Year and Kung Hei Fat Choi these greetings are also used in Chinese New Year. Here are some of the most popular new year greetings. The most common Chinese ways of saying Happy Lunar New Year are Gong Xi Fa Cai Mandarin and Gong Hey Fat Choy Cantonese.

Be aware that the nowadays a more international way of greeting - Happy Lunar New Year - is not a popular accepted phrase to use to your Chinese friend who may regard it as offensive. Another common greeting is 恭喜發財 it means Wishing you prosperity and wealth. Saying simple phrases like Happy New Year is great but you can really show additional effort and skill by adding new year blessings.

Chinese characters mean Happy New Year Ox Good Luck. The most common greeting is 新年快樂 this phrase directly translates to Happy new Year. Chinese New Year Year Of The White Metal Rat Vector luxury festive greeting card for Chinese New Year 2020 with rat zodiac symbol of 2020 year Good fortune and longevity signs.