cung hỉ phát tài

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

cung hỷ phát tài

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 恭喜發財 (“May you have a prosperous New Year!”), from cung hỉ (恭喜, "to congratulate") + phát tài (發財, "to become rich").

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ hi˧˩ faːt̚˧˦ taːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ hɪj˧˨ faːk̚˦˧˥ taːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ hɪj˨˩˦ faːk̚˦˥ taːj˨˩]

Phrase

cung hỉ phát tài

May you have a prosperous New Year!

See also

chúc mừng năm mới
cung chúc tân xuân

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