恭喜發財 (gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4 | gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2) : Chinese New Year greeting

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恭喜發財

gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4

gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2

Chinese New Year greeting, "May the New Year bring you prosperity!"

lit: "congratulations on becoming rich".
Mostly South China, Hong Kong and overseas only; not much heard of in northern China.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 823,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

恭喜發財 / 恭喜发财

This word has been viewed 7233 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 11th Feb 2010 10:16

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Characters in this word:

恭 gung1 - respectful; deferential
喜 hei2 - happy; joyful; pregnancy; be fond of
發 faat3 - send out, launch; generate; trigger off
財 coi4 - wealth; riches; money

2 compounds containing this word:

恭喜發財,利是𢭃來 - a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! Happy New Year, let's have a red envelope!
恭喜發財,紅包拿來 - a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money!

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Decimal representation of this word: 恭喜發財

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