Wednesday, March 4, 2015

MiYeon Shop ~ Happy Fun : Year of the Goat ~ Chinese New Year Greetings Mandarin & Cantonese Pronunciation with English Translation


Mandarin: yang ; Cantonese: yong

羊 is the Chinese word for Goat


 Cantonese: meh

 is a colloquial Cantonese word that has many meaning.
The word is a combination of two characters 口 Mouth (Mandarin: kou ; Cantonese: hau) and 羊 Goat (Mandarin: yang ; Cantonese: yong).

 is the word use to describe the bleating sound of goat and sheep.
咩 is used as a colloquial Cantonese question word which means 'What?'
咩 is also a colloquial Cantonese word which is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question : For example ~ 你唔知道咩? (nei erm zhi dou meh ? - Don't you know?), 咩? (hai meh ? - Is it?)咩? (erm hai meh ? - Isn't it?), 咩来嘎 ? (meh lei ga? - What is it?)


 Cantonese: yong meh meh

A cute, sweet and lovely colloquial Cantonese word to call a goat or sheep.


Goat Year CNY Greetings
Mandarin & Cantonese Pronunciation 
with English Translation

羊年新春節 賀詞
華語和粤語拼音和英文翻譯


喜氣洋洋
Mandarin Pronunciation: xi qi yang yang
Cantonese Pronunciation: hei hei yong yong
English Translation: A celebration filled with lots of joy, happiness, enjoyment, fun and laughter


洋洋得意
Mandarin Pronunciation: yang yang de yi
Cantonese Pronunciation: yong yong dak yi
English Translation: A feeling that is filled with satisfaction and happiness where everything is good and well


新春飞扬
Mandarin Pronunciation: xin chun fei yang
Cantonese Pronunciation: san chun fei yong
English Translation: May the new year be filled with success and prosperity.


名揚四海
Mandarin Pronunciation: ming yang si hai
Cantonese Pronunciation: meng yong sei hoi
English Translation: May the successful good name be famous around the world.


才華洋溢
Mandarin Pronunciation: cai hua yang yi
Cantonese Pronunciation: choi wah yong yik
English Translation: A person who is full of knowledge, skill and talent.