{"id":10849,"date":"2019-11-21T02:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-171-happy-spring-festival-3\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T02:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:00:46","slug":"lesson-171-happy-spring-festival-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-171-happy-spring-festival-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 171 Happy Spring Festival! (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yajie:  Thanks for spending your spring festival with us, and welcome to Chinese Studio.  Wo shi Yajie. <\/span>
Cam:  And wo shi Cam.  Yajie, tell me more a<\/em>bout China’s biggest celebration…
YJ:  Well, New Years day is often spent visiting neighbours, family and friends.  And we are going to learn more a<\/em>bout that today.<\/p>\n

Key words of the day<\/strong>
the first day of the lunar New Year,\u5927\u5e74\u521d\u4e00 give New Year’s greetings \u62dc\u5e74. Happy Spring festival \u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\u3002I wish you earn more mo<\/em>ney \u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22\uff0cI wish you good health, \u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7, all the best. \u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f all in today’s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n

C: Yajie, is there any Chinese name for the first day of the lunar New Year?
Y: sure. it’s zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1. <\/span>
C: zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1
Y: zheng1 yue4 means lunar January <\/span>
C: zheng1 yue4, <\/span>
Y: chu1 yi1, means the beginning of the lunar New Year
C: chu1 yi1.
Y: zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1. The first day of the lunar New Year
C: zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1. \u6b63\u6708\u521d\u4e00
Y: you can also say da4 nian2 chu1 yi1, \u5927\u5e74\u521d\u4e00
C: da4 nian2 chu1 yi1. Then what do you usually do on the first day of the lunar New Year?
Y: usually we are dressed in new clothes and dro by to greet neighbors, friends and colleagues. we call it bai4 nian2 \u62dc\u5e74
C: bai4 nian2.
Y: bai4 means to pay a visit
C: bai4
Y: nian2 means new year
C: nian2
Y: bai4 nian2, give spring festival greetings <\/span>
C: bai4 nian2<\/p>\n

Conversation1: <\/span>
\uff11\uff09A: \u4eca\u5929\u662f\u5927\u5e74\u521d\u4e00\u3002\u6211\u7ed9\u5927\u5bb6\u62dc\u5e74\u4e86\u3002
B: \u8c22\u8c22\u3002 \u4e5f\u7ed9\u4f60\u62dc\u4e2a\u5e74\uff01<\/p>\n

C: then what should I say when giving New Year’s greetings?
Y: there are many choices… for a fairly easy one, you can say chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4.\u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\u3002
C: chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4.
Y: chun1 jie2, spring festival,
C: chun1 jie2 <\/span>
Y: kuai4 le4 means happy,
C: kuai4 le4 <\/span>
Y: chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4 Happy Spring Festival. <\/span>
C: chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversation 2 <\/span>
A:  \u795d\u60a8\u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\uff01
B:\u3000\u4e5f\u795d\u60a8\u5168\u5bb6\u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\uff01\u3000<\/p>\n

C: what else do you have for greetings? <\/span>
Y: There is another common one in Mandarin it’s: "Gong1 Xi3 Fa1 Cai2" <\/span>
C: "Gong Xi Fa Cai", what does it mean?\u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22<\/a>\uff0c
Y: it means I wish you earn more money, <\/span>
C: that must be a very good greeting for merchants. <\/span>
Y: You bet. It’s also popular to say it in Cantonese: "Kung Hei Fat Choi"
C:  "Kung Hei Fat Choi"
Y: if you want to wish someone good health, you can say “shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1.”
C: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1.\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7,
Y: shen1 ti3 means body,
C: shen1 ti3
Y: jian4 kang1, healthy,
C: jian4 kang1
Y: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1 I wish you a fit body. <\/span>
C: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1 Yajie, is there a Chinese equivalent for “All the best” ?
Y: That’s the next greeting that I’m going to tell you. In Chinese it’s “wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4”
C: “wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4” \u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f\u3002
Y: wan4 shi4 means everything, the all,  <\/span>
C: wan4 shi4,
Y: ru2 yi4 means as one’s wishes,
C: ru2 yi4 <\/span>
Y: “wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4” All the best. <\/span>
C: “wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4”<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversation 3:  <\/span>
A:\u3000\u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22\uff0c\u751f\u610f\u5174\u9686\u3002
B: \u795d\u60a8\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff0c\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f\u3002\u3000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n