LEARN A CHINESE SONG FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR
Happy Chinese New Year to all. Wishing everyone good luck, good health, and good wealth for the year of the rat. To get into the Chinese New Year mood here is a Chinese song you can learn for the Spring Festival festivities. You will hear this song played in every shopping mall and store you enter in China during this holiday season. The song is so catchy too, so it’s a great way to practice your Mandarin Chinese and you’ll have the tune in your head in no time.
Gōng xǐ fā cái (恭喜发财) – Wish you wealth and prosperity (or to get rich!)
The name of the song and the lyrics refers to the popular and common Chinese New Year wish and blessing people say to each other at this time.
Liú Déhuá (刘德华) – Andy Lau
The song is originally by Hong Kong pop superstar whose success has crossed over into the mainland. Nowadays there are many covers of the song and no matter who’s singing you will instantly recognize it.
Here are the lyrics:
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ fā cái
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ jīng cǎi
zuì hǎo de qǐng guò lái
Bù hǎo de qǐng zǒu kāi
lǐ duō rén bú guài
wǒ zhù mǎn tiān xià de nǚ hái
jià yí ge hǎo nán hái
liǎng xiǎo kǒu yǒng yuǎn zài yí kuài
wǒ zhù mǎn tiān xià de xiǎo hái
cōng míng shèng guò xiù cái
zhì shāng chōng mǎn nǐ nǎo dài
wǒ zhù zūn jìng de gū nǎinai
sān shí liù quān de bǐ sài
qì bú chuǎn miàn róng bú gǎi
wǒ zhù sān shū gōng de mǎi mài
shēng yì yáng míng sì hǎi
cái yùn hēng tōng zhù háo zhái
dà yáo dà bǎi lè tiān tì nǐ xiāo zāi
gōng xǐ fā cái yào hǎn de gòu háo mài
gōng xǐ fā cái
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ fā cái
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ jīng cǎi
zuì hǎo de qǐng guò lái
bú hǎo de qǐng zǒu kāi
lǐ duō rén bú guài
zhù dà jiā xiào kǒu cháng kāi
yòng xīn bǎ ài qù guàn gài
míng tiān ya wǒmen gèng lì hài
wǒ zhù zài shì jiè de wǔ tái
pǎo de bǐ nà hēi rén gèng kuài
suì suì nián nián chū rén cái
dà yáo dà bǎi lè tiān tì nǐ xiāo zāi
gōng xǐ fā cái yào hǎn dé gòu háo mài
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ fā cái
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ jīng cǎi
zuì hǎo de qǐng guò lái
bú hǎo de qǐng zǒu kāi
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ fā cái
wǒ gōng xǐ nǐ jīng cǎi
zuì hǎo de qǐng guò lái
bù hǎo de qǐng zǒu kāi
lǐ duō rén bú guài
gōng xǐ fā cái
我恭喜你发财
我恭喜你精彩
最好的请过来
不好的请走开
Oh 礼多人不怪
我祝满天下的女孩
嫁一个好男孩
两小口永远在一块
我祝满天下的小孩
聪明胜过秀才
智商充满你脑袋
我祝尊敬的姑奶奶
三十六圈的比赛
气不喘面容不改
我祝三叔公的买卖
生意扬名四海
财运亨通住豪宅
大摇大摆乐天替你消灾
恭喜发财要喊得够豪迈
恭喜发财
我恭喜你发财
我恭喜你精彩
最好的请过来
不好的请走开
Oh 礼多人不怪
祝大家笑口常开
用心把爱去灌溉
明天呀我们更厉害
我祝在世界的舞台
跑得比那黑人更快
岁岁年年出人才
大摇大摆乐天替你消灾
恭喜发财要喊得够豪迈
我恭喜你发财
我恭喜你精彩
最好的请过来
不好的请走开
Oh 礼多人不怪
（zài lái ）
（再来）
我恭喜你发财
我恭喜你精彩
最好的请过来
不好的请走开
Oh 礼多人不怪
恭喜发财
I wish you get rich
I wish you having a wonderful year
It is best to invite people over
Those having bad luck please go away
Oh, no one will blame you for so much gifts and respects
I wish all girls on earth
Able to marry off to good guys
I wish all children on earth
Cleverer than scholars
IQ fills up your brain
I wish to the respected paternal grandmother
36 rounds of competition
Never pants and still have the same appearance
I wish on uncle's trades
His business gets famous across the four seas and can afford an expensive apartment
Swaggering
Optimism helps you get rid of disasters
Gong xi fa cai
Say it loud to be great
Gong xi fa cai
I wish you get rich
I wish you having a wonderful year
It is best to invite people over
Those having bad luck please go away
Oh, no one will blame you for so much gifts and respects
I wish everyone can smile like always
Use heart to pour love
Tomorrow, we will be better
I wish the world's stage
Runs faster than the black people
Have talented people every year
Swaggering
Optimism helps you get rid of disasters
Gong xi fa cai
Say it loud to be great
I wish you get rich
I wish you have a wonderful year
It is best to invite people over
Those having bad luck please go away
Oh, no one will blame you for so much gifts and respects X2
Want to sing along with the song, you can catch it here on YouTube in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4jfE4GaSJU
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