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When you travel to a new country, it’s better to learn about their language. Here comes some new year vocabulary words in Taiwan.
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About Greeting and Blessing
| 新年快樂 | [sin nianˊ kuaiˋ leˋ] | Happy New Year |
| 恭喜發財 | [gung hsiˇ fa tdsiˊ] | Wishing you prosperity and wealth. |
| 萬事如意 | [wanˋ shihˋ ruˊ yiˋ] | May everything go as you hope. |
| 健康長壽 | [jianˋ kang changˊ shouˋ] | Wishing you longevity and health! |
| 大吉大利 | [daˋ jiˊ daˋ liˋ] | Great fortune and great favour. |
About Traditions
| 除夕 | [chuˊ hsiˋ] | Lunar New Year’s Eve |
| 年夜飯 | [nienˊ yaˋ fanˋ] | New Year’s Eve dinner |
| 敬酒 | [jingˋ jiouˇ] | Propose a toast |
| 團圓飯 | [tuanˊ yuanˊ fanˋ] | Family reunion dinner |
| 元宵節 | [yuanˊ hsiao jieˊ] | Lantern Festival |
| 壓歲錢 | [ya sueiˋ chienˊ] | Lucky money |
| 守歲 | [shouˇ sueiˋ] | Staying-up |
| 拜年 | [baiˋ nienˊ] | Make a New Year’s visit |
| 回娘家 | [hueiˊ niangˊ jia] | Visit wife’s parents |
| 祭祖 | [jiˋ tsuˇ] | Worship ancestor |
| 拜拜 | [baiˋ baiˋ] | Go to temple to worship |
| 放鞭炮 | [fangˋ bian pauˋ] | Set off firecrackers |
| 吃元宵 | [chi yuanˊ hsiao] | Eat sweet dumplings with stuffing. |
| 猜燈謎 | [tsai den miˊ] | Guess lantern riddles. |
| 提燈籠 | [tiˊ den longˊ] | Hold a lantern |
| 逛燈會 | [guanˋ den hueiˋ] | Visit the Lantern Festival |
About Food and Things
| 紅包 | [hungˊ bao] | Red envelope |
| 壓歲錢 | [ya sueiˋ chiengˊ] | Lucky money |
| 春聯 | [chuen lianˊ] | spring couplets, red couplets |
| 爆竹 | [baoˋ tzuˊ] | firecrackers |
| 魚 | [yuˊ] | Fish, represent having enough to spare. |
| 菜頭 | [tsaiˋ touˊ] | Swede Turnip, mean “good omens” . |
| 韭菜 | [jiouˇ tsaiˋ] | Garlic chives, stands for “everlasting”. |
| 年糕、發糕 | [nienˊ gao] [fa gao] | Rice cake or sweet glutinous rice pudding, makes people “advance toward higher positions and prosperity step by step.” |
| 水餃 | [sheuiˇ chiaoˇ] | Dumplings, to amass fortunes and wealth. |
| 舞龍舞獅 | [wuˇ longˊ wuˇ shih] | Dragon and lion dance |
| 戲曲 | [hsiˋ chuˇ] | Traditional opera |
| 香 | [hsiang] | Incense |
| 麻將 | [maˊ jiangˋ] | Chinese traditional game |
Next time if you visit Taiwan during Chinese New Year, you can try these words to talk to others.
Editor : Lemon@ReadyGo
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