Greetings & Pronunciations

Learn how to greet your family and friends with our simple guide below. 

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Happy Lunar New Year

Impress your family and friends by learning how to say Happy Lunar New Year in 5 different languages!

Lion Dance and  person in costume celebrating lunar new year
Lunar New Year in Parramatta

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Chinese

Lunar New Year

Simplified Chinese Mandarin: 农历新年 
Pronunciation: Nong Li Xin Nian

Traditional Chinese (Cantonese): 農曆新年
Pronunciation (Cantonese): Nung Lik San Nin

 

Happy Lunar New Year

Simplified Chinese Mandarin: 农历新年快乐
Pronunciation: Nong Li Xin Nian Kuai Le

Traditional Chinese (Cantonese): 農曆新年快樂
Pronunciation (Cantonese): Nung Lik San Nin Faai Lok

 

Happy New Year

Simplified Chinese Mandarin: 新年快乐
Pronunciation: Xin Nian Kuai Le

Traditional Chinese (Cantonese): 新年快樂
Pronunciation (Cantonese): San Nin Kuai Lok

 

Good Luck for Year of the Tiger

Simplified Chinese Mandarin: 虎年吉祥
Pronunciation: Hu Nian Ji Xiang

Traditional Chinese (Cantonese): 虎年吉祥
Pronunciation (Cantonese): Fu Nin Gat Coengd

 

Happiness and Prosperity

Simplified Chinese Mandarin: 幸福美满,事业兴旺
Pronunciation: Xing Fu Mei Man, Shi Ye Xing Wang

Traditional Chinese (Cantonese): 幸福美滿,事業興旺
Pronunciation (Cantonese): Hang Fuk Mei Mun, Si Jip Hing Wong

Korean

Lunar New Year

Formal Korean: 설날
Formal Pronunciation: Seol Nal

Informal Korean: 설날
Informal Pronunciation: Seol Nal

 

Happy Lunar New Year

Formal Korean: 설날 새해 복 많이 받으십시오.
Formal Pronunciation: Seol Nal Sae Hae Bok Mah-ni Badeu sip sio

Informal Korean: 설날 새해 복 많이 받으세요.
Informal Pronunciation: Seol Nal Sae Hae Bok Mah-ni Badeu Seyo

 

Happy New Year

Formal Korean: 새해 복 많이 받으십시오.
Formal Pronunciation: Sae Hae Bok Mah-ni Badeu sip sio

Informal Korean: 새해 복 많이 받으세요.
Informal Pronunciation: Sae Hae Bok Mah-ni Badeu Seyo

 

Vietnamese

Lunar New Year

Tết Nguyên Đán

 

Happy Lunar New Year

Chúc mừng Tết Nguyên Đán

 

Happy New Year

Chúc mừng Năm mới

 

All your wishes come true

Tất cả mong ước của bạn sẽ trở thành sự thật

 

Have good health, safety and prosperity

Chúc bạn tràn đầy sức khỏe, bình an và thịnh vượng

Malay

Lunar New Year

Tahun Baru Cina

 

Happy Lunar New Year

Selamat Tahun Baru Cina

 

Happy New Year

Selamat Tahun Baru

Indonesian

Lunar New Year

Tahun Baru Imlek

 

Happy Lunar New Year

Selamat Tahun Baru Imlek

 

Happy New Year

Selamat Tahun Baru