Although many folk associate this phrase with Chinese New Year, gong hei fat choy doesn't mean happy new year. The greeting is frequently used at this time of year but it actually delivers a wish ...

Gong hei fat choy is the Cantonese way of saying the phrase and in Mandarin Chinese, it’s gong xi fa cai (pronounced gong she fa tsai). shen ti jian kang / sun tai gin hong.

It’s not gong hei fat choy, so here’s how to give it a go. Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29 and this year is the Year of the Wood Snake.

Gong Xi Fa Cai is Mandarin while Kung Hei Fat Choi is Cantonese. The syllables Gong Xi and Kung Hei mean congratulations, while Fa Cai and Fat Choi translate to become prosperous or have lots of money ...

So you’ve been saying gong hei fat choy all this time and now you need to know how to really say happy Chinese New Year. Well, there are three main ways and the one you use is a matter of ...

As the Chinese would greet you today, “Gong Hei Fat Choy!” it is the New Lunar Year of the Pig.

One of these is Hei fat choy, which means "Wishing you prosperity and good fortune." The common way to say Chinese New Year in the language is Xīnnián hǎo" (新年好), literally meaning 'New ...

Chinese New Year is also known as ‘chun jie’ (Picture: Getty Images) ‘Gong hei fat choy’ is the Cantonese way of saying the phrase and, in Mandarin Chinese, it’s ‘gong xi fa cai ...