Now you know how to talk about date and time in Chinese, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in Chinese.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Chinese (Mandarin)“.

Holidays & Good wishes in Chinese

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Good wishes

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
All the best!万事如意!wàn shì rú yì!
Congratulations!恭喜!gōng xǐ!
Good luck!祝你好运!zhù nǐ hǎo yùn!
Happy birthday!生日快乐!shēng rì kuài lè!
Merry Christmas!圣诞快乐!shèng dàn kuài lè!
Happy Easter!复活节快乐!fù huó jié kuài lè!
Happy New Year!新年快乐!xīn nián kuài lè!
with all my heart / wholehearted全心全意quán xīn quán yì

Holidays & festive occasions

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
birthday生日shēng rì
Christmas圣诞节shèng dàn jié
Yule圣诞季shèng dàn jì
Christmas Eve平安夜píng ān yè
Easter复活节fù huó jié
Easter holidays复活节假期fù huó jié jià qī
Pentecost / Whitsun圣灵降临节shèng líng jiàng lín jié
New Year’s Eve新年前夜xīn nián qián yè
New Year新年xīn nián
wedding婚礼hūn lǐ
name day命名日mìng míng rì
Valentine’s Day情人节qíng rén jié
anniversary周年纪念日zhōu nián jì niàn rì

Verbs

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) invite邀请yāo qǐng
(to) wish祝愿zhù yuàn
(to) make a gift制作礼物zhì zuò lǐ wù
(to) get得到dé dào

Vocabulary & Phrases

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
party [Sg]聚会jù huì
parties [Pl]聚会jù huì
birthday party生日聚会shēng rìjù huì
invitation [Sg]邀请yāo qǐng
invitations [Pl]邀请yāo qǐng
I invite you to the party!我邀请你来参加聚会!wǒ yāo qǐng nǐ lái cān jiā jù huì!
wish [Sg]祝福zhù fú
wishes [Pl]祝福zhù fú
What would you like? / What do you want?你想要什么?nǐ xiǎng yào shén me?
surprise [Sg]惊喜jīng xǐ
surprises [Pl]惊喜jīng xǐ
present / gift [Sg]礼物lǐ wù
presents / gifts [Pl]礼物lǐ wù

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