The year of the Rabbit begins tomorrow (Sunday, January 22), which means that today is New Year’s Eve in the Chinese lunar calendar. What better way to welcome in and celebrate the new year than by sharing some happy Chinese New Year wishes with loved ones? Oh, and through in some Chinese New Year memes in for good measure too.
Today marks the end of the year of the Tiger, with festivities beginning for the two-week-long celebrations. Even though the holiday belongs to Chinese culture, lots of people still mark the special day and its significance. Whether you have members of your family or friend group that are Chinese, or you want to get more involved, we have some Chinese New Year wishes and memes for you to share.
Happy Chinese New Year Wishes
Let’s begin with some traditional well-wishes you can grant loved ones and even strangers of the new year period. Get your practice in now so that you’re ready ahead of tomorrow.
Fortune And Prosperity
Wishing others fortune and prosperity for the new year is common across all cultures.
- Wishing you all fortune and wealth in the new year.
- May fortune come your way in the year of the Rabbit.
- We send wishes of fortune, wealth and prosperity your way.
- May you have a prosperous year of the rabbit.
- Good fortune and prosperity bless you in the new year.
- Wishes of prosperity upon you and your loved ones.
- I wish you good fortune in the upcoming year.
- Gng x f cái – which translates to ‘wishing you happiness and fortune.’
- Let the lunar new year bring you fortune and prosperity.
- Wherever you go in the year of the Rabbit, may prosperity and good fortune always be with you.
Luck, Love And Happiness Chinese New Year Wishes
We all want the ones we care about the experience all of these three over the next lunar year.
- May the year of the rabbit bring you much luck with new opportunities.
- Wishing you happiness throughout the new year.
- Let the joy and happiness you feel during these celebrations stay with you.
- I wish love and togetherness for you and your family in this year of the Rabbit.
- Wishing you a very happy Chinese New Year full of luck and success.
- I wish you great luck and great profit.
- Gong xi fa cai – which translates to wishing for luck with wealth.
- May luck and love follow you into the new year.
- On this special occasion, I wish you a year full of happiness and laughter.
- Wishing you lots of luck in the year of the Rabbit.
Happy Chinese New Year Translations
If your goal is to spread well-wishes in Mandarin and Cantonese, then the following sayings do just that.
- Xīnnián hǎo – This is Mandarin and translates more literally to ‘New Year Goodness’ or ‘Good New Year’
- Xīnnián kuàilè – This is also Mandarin and is more formal, typically used to greet strangers. It translates as New Year Happiness.
- Gong hei fat choy – Is used in Cantonese to wish Happy Lunar New year, which wishes prosperity.
- San nin hou – This is Cantonese for ‘New Year Goodness’
Chinese New Year Memes
Once you’ve shared your greetings, whether that’s in English or more traditional, it’s time to get the memes out to share some laughs with loved ones.
Our bank accounts can’t really handle anything more. The thought of Valentine’s Day in a few weeks and buying more presents is a little heartbreaking.
Any gifts of money would really help at this point, however unlikely that might be.
People are always looking for volunteers…
Those red envelopes couldn’t be coming at a better time!
When we say people love avoiding the lion dance, we mean they’ll do anything to get out of it.
If you haven’t brushed up, then now is the time so you can really show off to your family members.
Sure, saying no is polite, but whether we mean it or not is another question entirely.
Sending everybody who is celebrating a very happy Chinese New Year wishes! Whatever you will be doing to enjoy the festivities over the next couple of weeks, these wishes and memes will be here to keep you informed and entertained.