Happy Chinese New Year's eve
 

Happy new year to fellow brothers and sisters and to fellow step-brothers and step-sisters too on this board :mrgreen:

May your elders be generous with the red envelopes.

Gung Hai Fat Choi

Gung Hai Fat Choi

Sun Neen Fai Lok

GONG HEY FAT CHOY

LAI SEE DUO LOY

DUO DUO YAT SEEN

SIU SIU MO QOI

Sounds festive! :biggrin: Do we get the translation?

Anyways, Happy New Year to all who follow that calendar. :mrgreen:

Forget the translation, hook me up with the red envelopes!

Dave

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Gung Hai Fat Choi to all of you too! :mrgreen:

Gung Hai Fat Choi ! :mrgreen:

yippee I got a red envelope!!! :) yay me... :razz:

Happy New Years!!

Geez, I'm not that greedy :mrgreen: Gung Hai Fat Choi to all :Fade-col:

happy new year all!!!! Now I must know what is up with the red envalope thing Please tell me I must know :lol:

Brad

SHOW ME THE MONEY
 

Red envelopes are the respectful way to give money to another individual. Often seen at festive occasions such as weddings, new years and even birthdays. Elders are suppose to give red envelopes to the younger generations who will continue to receive them until they are married. Then they are not considered "eligible". IE - I have a son who is the only child in his generation so my parents, brother, and sister should be giving him a nice red envelope. Since I'm married and so is my brother, neither of us will get one. My sister (youngest in the family) is not yet married so she gets one from my parents, myself and brother.
there are always exceptions but those are the general guidelines :biggrin:

sound kool I am going to have work on my parents to do some catch up :lol: . Thanks for the info.

Brad

It also helps if you're Chinese :lol:

We say Gong Hai Fat Choi, Um Pow Twa Twa Lai (phonetically correct but not sure about spelling)

The first part translates to Happy New Year, & get this, the second part says - Red Packet Big Big Give :lol: :lol: :lol:

We Chinese or even bananas (yellow on the outside, white on the inside) are not shy about demanding $$$ from family & friends.

However, many of my CBC (Chinese-born Canadians) cousins try to get away with just saying Happy New Year, but that don't cut it.

If I'm giving them my hard earned $$ then they're going to have to say the magic words, just like I did when I was single.

Anthony

Gung Hai Fat Choi everybody.

happy happy!

I just wouldn't get married and get red envelopes instead. :mrgreen:

I never get the red envelopes... Nobody believes me that im Chinese. :bad-word:

I believe in your case... you're suppose to give out the envelopes.... *ahem* :wink: .

-Rich

Yes, since you're married Ryan, you have to hand them out. I'll be a nice guy though and come pick it up :lol:

Holy @#$&

Im getting bamboozled here... :bad-word:

Hey Harvey i thought you said I could be chinese... Do I get anything :biggrin:

nope your married. You have to give it out!!

Hey Russ, you're married too, so no. But you can give me some cash in a little red envelope :mrgreen:

How about some chinese Xenia p.s. Happy new year

Gong Hai Fat Choi
 

Gong Hai Fat Choi

And just to add to Chin Lee's explination, you are supposed to serve your elders tea to show respect and in retunr they give you the red envelope



Robert

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HA! There you go Rich. I never got no tea the other night... :razz:

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You told me you didn't believe in this stuff, so I didn't give you any :razz: .

-Rich

hehe....

Gong Hai Fat Choi directly translated means...

Gong Hai - congratulations
Fat Choi - get wealth (grow luck)

Sun Nien Fai Lock = Happy New Year

:razz:

wow richmonds dead today.. where did everybody go?

China :biggrin:

Gong Hai fat choy! To everyone and all your aquariums, best of health and luck! I'm married, so I won't receive any Lai See (red envelope lucky money). I'm celebrating Chinese New Year tonight at a local Thai restaurant. After that I'll be in the fish room. That's how we celebrate New Year up north here on the island. Regards Ken :biggrin: