keong hee huat chai

keong hee huat chai’ is the hokkien equivalent to ‘gong xi fa cai’. since i’m in penang and uses hokkien all the time (though i’m hakka), it’s only appropriate to wish you all in hokkien, and oh well, also the universal language…

ok, everybody, let’s all together sing the popular ‘gong xi, gong xi’…. in english! yep, that way, more people will be able to sing it.

In the streets of Chinatown
Just like all the year before
You will hear on New Year’s day
Cheerful gong xi, gong xi

Gong xi, gong xi, gong xi ni
Gong xi, gong xi, gong xi ni ya!
Gong xi, gong xi, gong xi ni

Smile at everyone you see
Everyone is family
On this day of love and cheer
Sing out gong xi, gong xi

(for more songs in english, go to my 2004 CNY post.)

note: the lantern and the fan shown here are made from angpow packets by my mother. decided to post these very original pictures for the greeting instead of one of those stolen from the web.