Chinese new year greetings: Essential & Popular Greetings
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Key Phrases
新年快樂！
xīn nián kuài lè
Happy New Year!
恭喜發財！
gōng xǐ fā cái
Wishing you prosperity!
萬事如意！
wàn shì rú yì
May everything go your way.
Skills You'll Learn
Use common Lunar New Year greetings appropriately in conversation.
能在對話中正確使用常見的農曆新年祝賀語。
néng zài duì huà zhōng zhèng què shǐ yòng cháng jiàn de nóng lì xīn nián zhù hè yǔ
Ask and answer simple questions about meals and reunion dinner (e.g., 'Did you eat?').
能用簡單問句詢問並回答吃飯與年夜飯相關內容（例如：「吃飽了嗎？」）。
néng yòng jiǎn dān wèn jù xún wèn bìng huí dá chī fàn yǔ nián yè fàn xiāng guān nèi róng
Give polite well-wishes for health, work, peace, and family.
能用禮貌的方式表達健康、工作、平安與闔家祝福。
néng yòng lǐ mào de fāng shì biǎo dá jiàn kāng gōng zuò píng ān yǔ hé jiā zhù fú
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you’re exchanging Lunar New Year greetings with a Taiwanese friend, wishing each other prosperity, health, and family peace, then chatting briefly about the reunion dinner and inviting each other to visit.
Emily Smith ，新年快樂！
^FIRST^ ^LAST^ xīn nián kuài lè
Emily Smith, Happy New Year!
新年快樂！恭喜發財！
xīn nián kuài lè gōng xǐ fā cái
Happy New Year! Wishing you prosperity!
祝你身體健康，萬事如意！
zhù nǐ shēn tǐ jiàn kāng wàn shì rú yì
Wishing you good health and that everything goes your way!
謝謝你！也祝你平安喜樂。
xiè xiè nǐ yě zhù nǐ píng ān xǐ lè
Thank you! Wishing you peace and joy as well.
過年吃飽了嗎？有吃年夜飯嗎？
guò nián chī bǎo le ma yǒu chī nián yè fàn ma
Did you eat your fill for the New Year? Did you have a reunion dinner?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
新年
xīn nián
New Year
快樂
kuài lè
Happy
新年快樂！
xīn nián kuài lè
Happy New Year!
恭喜
gōng xǐ
Congratulations
發財
fā cái
To get rich / to make a fortune
恭喜發財！
gōng xǐ fā cái
Wishing you prosperity!
🇹🇼 [恭喜發財！] is a classic Lunar New Year greeting, but it can sound a bit old-school or playful if you say it to everyone. In Taiwan, it fits well with holiday visits, shopkeepers, relatives, or festive exchanges.
See breakdown →祝你
zhù nǐ
Wish you
💬 [祝你] is a handy pattern for good wishes: [祝你] + wish. For example, [祝你新年快樂] or [祝你一路平安].
See breakdown →身體
shēn tǐ
Body / health
💬 [身體健康] is a very common set phrase for 'good health.' [身體] by itself is literally 'body,' but in greetings it often points to health more generally.
See breakdown →健康
jiàn kāng
Healthy / health
💬 [健康] can be a noun or an adjective depending on the sentence. For example, [身體健康] means 'in good health,' and [健康很重要] means 'health is important.'
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