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oranthal
02-12-2002, 04:47 PM
here's to my Chinese brothers and sisters out there:

Gung hay fot choy!
Mon see sing yee!
Long ma jing sun!
Churt yup ping on!
Sun dai geen houng!
Calhoun07
02-12-2002, 04:52 PM
But I can't translate Chinese to English! :(
BebopWeb
02-12-2002, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by Calhoun07
But I can't translate Chinese to English! :(
I have the same predicament.... :(
Nightflower
02-12-2002, 04:55 PM
Gung hei fat choy! Sun neen fai lock! Sun tai geen hong!

Everyone remember to ask their parents for LOTS of money. :D Unless you're married. Then you can't get any. Suckers.
Danielle
02-12-2002, 05:01 PM
Uh....does the first line mean "Wishing you much happiness and prosperity"?

Happy Chinese New Year! And.........what they said! ;)
Watagashi
02-12-2002, 05:06 PM
The only Chinese I know is:
Neehow- Good Morning
Chow- Bye
Ji Yi Mao- Odd Cat (don't ask)

Well, anyway, Happy New Year! :D
Failure
02-12-2002, 06:24 PM
Happy Chinese New Years to all the Chinese folks out there!

Wait a second... does my family celebrate the Chinese New Year? Hmm. :confused:
optimal321
02-12-2002, 06:45 PM
Happy Chinese New Year!!! It is now the year of the horse, if i'm not mistaken.
DR. BELCH
02-12-2002, 06:51 PM
optimal321:
It is now the year of the horse, if i'm not mistaken.
:yakko: Darn it, and I'm still writing "the year of the goat" on my checks.... :yakko:
Leaping Larry Jojo
02-12-2002, 07:17 PM
Are we speaking mandarin or cantonese or another chinese dialect here? (Here we go again...)

Chow means "bye?" I honestly don't remember that.
Leaping Larry Jojo
02-12-2002, 07:19 PM
Originally posted by optimal321
Happy Chinese New Year!!! It is now the year of the horse, if i'm not mistaken.

That's my year. I'd better have a good year, fergawd's sake...
optimal321
02-12-2002, 07:22 PM
Again, if i'm not mistaken, i was born in the year of the rat. Or was it pig? My Vietnamese friend tells me stuff like this around this time of year and i sometimes forget.

No, i think it was the rat :rolleyes: .
Danielle
02-12-2002, 07:26 PM
I was born in the year of the dragon. Now who's superior? :p
Leaping Larry Jojo
02-12-2002, 07:27 PM
Knights ride on horses to slay dragons. :p
Nightflower
02-12-2002, 08:21 PM
Um..... I don't think there's a year of the goat. ;)

I don't think Chow means "Bye". Ciao in Italian means "bye" though.

Yup Optimal, you were born in the year of the rat, because I was, and we're the same age :P

So, how much cash did everyone get? :D
redDragon
02-12-2002, 09:52 PM
Gung hai fat choy! I haven't gotten any money :( I think my mom's being cheap this year and not giving me any though :(
Momijii
02-13-2002, 01:43 AM
In the Chinese New Year I think I'm the Rooster...oh well!
Danielle
02-13-2002, 05:20 PM
Originally posted by Momijii
In the Chinese New Year I think I'm the Rooster...oh well!


Whaaaaat? The year of the Rooster is cool! It's.........um...........y'know, I'm not the right person to ask. :D

Originally posted by Leaping Larry Jojo, our Trojan horse used to sneak into Area 51 :D
Knights ride on horses to slay dragons. :p

{growls}
oranthal
02-14-2002, 02:32 PM
i'm don't really know what those phrases mean either but i say them to my my family and relatives nonetheless. i know they don't mean anything bad so i am safe there. in terms of "lai see," i think i have around $70. who else went through the tradition of the cleaning their homes and changing their bed sheets right before chinese new year's?