Song’s Quick Quiz - January 11, 2009
(Next Quiz scheduled March 11, 2009)Question: How to say “Happy New Year” in Chinese?
(a) Xin Nian Hao
(b) Gong Xi Fa Cai
(c) Ni Hao
(d) Kung Hei Fat Choi
[x as sh in “ship”]
(b) Gong Xi Fa Cai
(c) Ni Hao
(d) Kung Hei Fat Choi
[x as sh in “ship”]
Answer:
Choice (a), (b), and (d) are all correct. Choice (c) is a wrong answer.Their meanings are:
(a) The right answer: it means “The New Year (is going to be) good”.
(b) The right answer: it means “Bow with happiness; make fortune (in the New Year)”. It’s in Mandarin dialect.
(c) The wrong answer: it is a daily greeting, in place of “Hello”. It means “You (are) fine”.
(d) The right answer: it means the same as (b), except it’s in Cantonese dialect.
(b) The right answer: it means “Bow with happiness; make fortune (in the New Year)”. It’s in Mandarin dialect.
(c) The wrong answer: it is a daily greeting, in place of “Hello”. It means “You (are) fine”.
(d) The right answer: it means the same as (b), except it’s in Cantonese dialect.
Say it:
| (a) Xin Nian Hao | |
| (b) Gong Xi Fa Cai | |
| (c) Ni Hao | |
| (d) Kung Hei Fat Choi |
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