Thursday, February 07, 2013
இ Baŋäŋaz இ
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The Water Snake slithers in un-officially after midnight on 04Feb2013 according to the solar calendar referred to as Lìchūn立春 *pinyin*. Traditionally Lìchūn or Laap Chun in Cantonese signifies the beginning of spring in East Asian cultures with special village events, worship and offerings to the gods and ceremonies for a blissful and prosperous new year. It marks the beginning of another cycle for being the very first day of spring when the sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315 ° which is divided into 24 solar terms in a year. However the Chinese New Year which is based on a lunisolar calendar often referred to as the "Lunar New Year" calendar incorporates both sun and moon (yin and yang combined ) cycle elements falls on 10Feb2013 in the Year of the 蛇 Snake.
We will be ushering in the Chinese New Year pretty soon and here is a special mention to
Autumn Belle who sparked this entry with her comment in Dec2012 and it goes like this [P/S: hope you'll do a post about auspicious words to say for CNY for us bananas to learn and show off during the CNY season]. For fellow bananaz like me hope this few idioms can assist you to over come some of the challenges in wishing friends and relatives with nice four little words or so called favourable Chinese idioms. Hope the translation is in order and would appreciate the help from those Chinese educated readers to point out any mistakes or adding in more idioms, your feedbacks are most welcome. Bananaz was so embarrassed when a lady with a videocam zoomed right at my face requesting for a nice four little words in Chinese during a CNY dinner gathering as nothing could leave the lips as Bananaz was dumbfounded.
蛇年大吉
pinyin: shé nián dà jí
cantonese: se4 nin4 daai6 gat1
english : lit. snake year big luck
[very auspicious / extremely lucky in the Year of the Snake]
龍馬精神
pinyin: lóng mǎ jīng shén
cantonese: lung4 maa5 zing1 san4
english : dragon horse full vitality
[with full vitality and spirit of a dragon & horse]
萬事如意
pinyin : wàn shì rú yì
cantonese : maan6 si6 jyu4 yi
english: lit. 10,000 things according to your wishes
[may your 10,000 wishes come true]
大吉大利
pinyin : dà jí dà lì
cantonese : daai6 gat1 daai6 lei
english : lit. big luck/propitious big gains/profit
[great luck great profit]
五福臨門
pinyin : wǔ fú lín mén
cantonese : ng5 fuk1 lam4 mun4
english : lit. 5 fortunes approach door
[5 blessings bestowed upon your household (ie longevity, wealth, health, virtue & a natural/peaceful death)]
招財進寶
pinyin : zhāo cái jìn bǎo
cantonese : ziu1 coi4 zeon3 bou2
english : lit. ushering prosperity enter treasure
[ushering in wealth and prosperity]
生意興隆
pinyin : shēng yì xīng lóng
cantonese : sang1 ji3 hing3 lung4
english : business prosperous
[may you have a prosperous/flourishing business]
金玉滿堂
pinyin : jīn yù mǎn táng
cantonese : gam1 juk6 mun5 tong5
english : gold jade fill hall
[may you have abundance of wealth]
迎春接福
pinyin : yíng chún jiē fú
cantonese : jing6 ceon1 zip3 fuk1
english: lit. welcome spring receive fortune
[to welcome spring/joy to receive fortune]
Gong Xi Fa Cai & Happy Holidays and May All Your Wishes Come True 心想事成 *pinyin*xīn xiǎng shì chéng; *cantonese*sam1 soeng2 si6 seng4.
Posted in: Chinese Idiom,Year of 蛇 Snake 2013
155 Bunchesஇ:
Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family, Bananaz! :-)
nice post..I love all those meaningful phrases..
Wishing you and Mango and all your loved ones all the above.
Daisy இ Thanks you have a great week ahead
wenn இ tQ Have a great blessed CNY
suituapui @ tQ you too all the very best and Happy CNY to you and family. GongXiFaCai
I also read from the blog of Singapore's Feng Shui Queen that CNY starts on 4th Feb. She told us to go do charity and bank in money to our banks so that whole year will be good. I forgot lah!
Good phrases and sweet words should be used during CNY! That's why I said bad words in my blog before CNY! LOL... I have deleted that word lah...
Here is me wishing you and family a Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!
Have you received the CD I posted?
Qong Xi Fa Cai! Bananaz (hope i get the greetings right haha)... may you have a more blissful year this 2013 Cheers!
wow, Bananaz is showing off all the auspicious 4-words terms in chinese for this CNY post.. but then so not the style of the usual Bananaz lah.. these words are so conventional, i would have thought Bananaz will always like "pun" and show us some creative auspicious words that has the word 蛇 in them?? hehehehehe.. anyway just joking lah, it's a great effort to show all these words, because i couldn't even be able to list them out all at once too~~ :)
hmmm, the snake already slithering in on the 立春 day?? i think it only slithers on the first day of chinese new year.. cos 立春 is only the day when spring starts and not the first day of the new year?? 立春 is always on either 4th or 5th February, and can come earlier or later than the CNY, did you know this?? hehe~~
wishing Bananaz and Mango a happy and prosperous chinese new year.. may the year of snake brings you lots of health, wealth and happiness!!
蛇年大吉
龍馬精神
萬事如意
大吉大利
五福臨門
招財進寶
生意興隆
金玉滿堂
迎春接福
步步高昇
心想事成
橫財就手
新年進步
ULALA~~
Here I wanna wish Bananaz and family a happy year of Snake! Pss pss pss... :p
Take care and have a nice day! ^^
Best wishes for all the good things in your list and more.
Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Gong Hei Fatt Choy!
Happy Chinese New Year to Bananaz & family. Huat arr!!
Bananaz, you miss out the very famous one recently, 纳吉迎春，四季平安。
Muahahahaha!
发啊！
Thank you, bananaz for enlightening this banana here.
I wish you and sweetie Mango 蛇年快乐! 年年有餘!
Blessed New Year to Banana and Mango! May the year ahead be all fruity fragrant! ^^
+Ant+
Bananaz, thank you very much for this Chinese New Year present. Very valuable ammunition for me during CNY - can use during Lo Sang too! To Bananaz, Mango and Cherry, Kung Hei Fatt Choy! Huat ah!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
honestly i dont rely on such things but im fascinated by it
i love how it fits descriptions
and sometime somehow coming true
Hi Bananaz, very interesting post.....was scratching my head trying to pronounce the words.
You studied Mandarin before, speak and write too?
Wish I can....
We're presently experiencing a very bad snowstorm, Toronto, US Boston and New York....getting buried under snow, temp -15'c! Have to dig out my car later, but can't drive anywhere, snow too high, falling like crazy now. All flights cancelled too.
Here's wishing you and family Kong hei fatt choy and all the very best wishes for the snake year.
Have fun, and watch that yum sengs, ha ha....
Best regards.
Lee.
Happy new year to you, "Pisangs".
Wishing you ....(in Cantonese)....
San lin fai lok
Man si yuen yue
Sam siong si seng
Loong ma jing san
San thai kin hong
Kong Hei Fatt Choy!! : )
Happy CNY to you, my friend...
Bananaz, Gong Hei Fatt Choy!
May the new year bring you lots of joy and happiness, health and wealth. Best wishes..
Have a blessed Chinese New Year Bananaz!
Happy Chinese New Year :)
Twilight Man இ Really? Oh not aware of Spore FengShui Queen advise. Glad you removed that foul word in your blog, san chai san chai. Yeah tQ for the CDs (listening to it now 2nd time which just arrived at 11.11hrs this morning, Posman working overtime). Nice songs very timely for reflection & also tQ for the guessing prize, Starbucks Italian Roast and the one and only one CNY card received this year.
bluedreamer27 இ Salamat po you got it right except the first spelling 'Gong'. tQ
Twilight Man இ Keong Keong Keong Hee Tau Huat Cai. Huat Aarrr.
SK இ Sifu no lah not educated in Chinese impossible to 'pun' nanti silap not nice for san nian lau lau haha. This water snake year a bit unusual as 立春 arrived earlier than the Lunar Year and Bananaz is very confident as confirmed with many 'experts' after 00.03hrs 4Feb it is Snake Year already. tQ for all the extra idioms/greetings 蛇來運轉, 蛇年行大運GongXiFaCai Huat La Ulala.
Hayley இ tQ Wishing you and family 萬事如意 心想事成
HappySurfer இ Wishing you and family all the best. maan6 si6 jyu4 yi.
Yee Ling இ Sama sama we Huat Aaarrr. Lu huat wah huat ulala.
Yan இ tQ for 'solving' the mystery as always hear over the radio that made Bananaz blur blur 纳吉迎春，四季平安。Now baru tahu haha. We sama sama 发啊.
yvonne இ Wishing you and family 大吉大利 五福臨門。
+Ant+ இ tQ all the best wishes to you and a blessed CNY with abundance.
Autumn Belle இ My pleasure. Loh ah loh thor thor..蛇年大吉 心想事成.
MEcoy இ These all are New Year greetings on an auspicious day and a Chinese tradition and culture already.
Uncle Lee இ No lah straight from Std One English medium, did some night class in Chinese only, can speak well but not write or read. When small beign laughed & teased by people calling names like OCBC (Orang China Bukan China) and AngMoh sai etc haha.The Chinese characters are all copy paste from dictionary. Gosh -15'C drink more wine to keep warm. You have a great CNY with family members and all the very best in this Snake Year.
rainfield61 இ Pisangs desperately wanna learn Mango language..'蛇'我其誰 蛇來運轉
foongpc இ taikar tou kam wah. Wishing you 'pun mun but mun'.
lina இ tQ Happy Holidays Huat Aarr! Ulala.
Lrong Lim இ GongXi FaCai Keong Hee Keong Hee & Happy CNY
HappySurfer இ Gong Hei Gong Hei Maan si lu yi
Small Kucing இ Gong hei gong hei..daai gat daai lei
LifeRamblings இ Keong Hee Huat Tua Cai and a blessed CNY with great abundance.
blackberryfashion இ tQ for your CNY wishes and tQ for dropping by.
Happy Chinese New Year, we hope that the snake bring much happiness to all.
Happy Chinese New Year... May good health, wealth and happiness pursue you this Sssssnake year.
Was enjoying myself reading the animal signs. :)
祝蛇年快乐, 吉祥如意！
Wishing you a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous Year of the Snake!
well, just can say sama sama HUAT AH !
Happy Happy!
You know "snake" in Japanese is pronounce "happy" too. ;) Ha ha
Gong xi Fa Cai to you and your family!
Leovi இ tQ heard Snake Year is better than the last Dragon year.
Angie இ Wow Sssssnake like it haha. You hav e aHappy & Hissing New Year too.
EastCoastLife இ Wishing You the same 蛇年行大運 Huat Ah!
Mr Lonely இ Same to you Huat Ah banyak banyak
London Caller இ Ah so desu kah..Happy蛇來運轉
Lena இ You have a great Ssssnake year too GongXiFaCai
Hi Bananaz, very informative posting, I'm not good at all this CNY auspicious words, too many to memorize even though each only consist 4 character. LOL
Happy New Year to you and family. Gong Xi Fa Cai, may you have a prosperous year ahead.
Have a nice day, regards.
Good morning, Bananaz! Cool fifth day morning.
Happy CNY to you! May you have good health, lots of happiness and prosperity in this year of the snake!
Where did you get all those cute snakes logo/pictures?
Amelia இ You slow slow come one idiom at a time haha. GongXiFaCai
HappySurfer இ Cool its 6th Day already gotta open work heard it good day and soon will be people's birthday on 7th Day.
mun இ tQ for dropping by. Happy CNY & GongXiFaCai in this Sssssnake Year too. Oh got it from google search 'chinese new year 2013 images' and some via emails.
五福臨門
pinyin : wǔ fú lín mén
cantonese : ng5 fuk1 lam4 mun4
english : lit. 5 fortunes approach door
[5 blessings bestowed upon your household (ie longevity, wealth, health, virtue & a natural/peaceful death)]
This is my favorite.
thanks for telling.
Gong Xi Gong Xi, wish you and your family... happy all the times.
Leovi இ Great you would be blessed abundantly with 5 fortunes
London Caller இ Ah so desu kah? Nihon lang lui nei?
kitchen flavours இ Same to you a blessed GongXiFaCai too
Willie a.k.a. Reptoz இ Sama sama Happy CNY
CH Voon இ Hi GongXi GongXi to you and family 蛇年大吉喜气扬
Leovi இ tQ Haopy Year of the Sssssnake to you too
Anon இ tQ
HappySurfer இ Sama sama we all peng peng aun aun, ho sim ho heng. Keong Keong! Kamsia
Good morning, Bananaz!
Mm keng mm kok, we have come to the 11th day of the new year. :D
May good vibes continue to flow into your life.
HappySurfer இ Yeah cham ha ngan will be celebrating the grand finale of CNY on Chap Goh Merry soon.
Yes, let us take the waves until we find the snake.
Laap Chun......time to eat lap cheong also.....he he he. I always think of food....lol
Banana you still New Year ah?
Start work now, don't eat snake lah!
He he
Leovi இ Merciless waves not an issue with the powerful water snake
Pete இ Lap cheong? haha love lap mei fun
London Caller இ Not over yet mah still gotta celebrate Chap Goh Merry Meh pretty soon haha
there are a few days left before the CNY ends so i hope you'll continue to huat ahhhh until Chap Goh Mei.:)
eat well and sleep well. best wishes to you and your family.
Anon இ Sorry am facing the same challenge and have not found a better solution yet.
LifeRamblings இ Yeah less than 2 days to the Grand Finale of CNY with Chap Goh Merry Mei Night of throwing & catching oranges haha. Wishing you all the best with blue skies everything nice over your Skywatch. Huat Ah Ulala.;).
I'm sorry you had trouble commenting, and I'm glad you told me to see a failure. I deleted your comment doubled. Greetings.
I like the snake business prosperous 2013.
Two more days of merry-making. A little sad to see CNY coming to an end so soon.
Happy Chap Goh Meh and another round of lavish partying.
Leovi இ Ssssnake year brought us lots of rain
HappySurfer இ Happy Chap Goh Meh and the final round of lavish partying ;),
Bananaz,
Wishing you and Mango a Happy Chap Goh Meh! :)
lina இ XieXie Penang will be celebrating the Chapo Gohnam Style tonight haha.
Last day of CNY, Happy Chap Goh Meh!
Thank you very much friend.
hope you had fun tossing and catching oranges with Mango. hehehe
Yes, no doubt I will change detergent.
Happy CNY Bananaz! And hope this year, the year of snake will bring luck to you :)
How was it so far?
EastCoastLife இ When it ended not a single word mentioned of GongXi when people meet people haha.
Leovi இ Dirty shirt with awesome colors
LifeRamblings இ We spent the evening relaxing in a Western Restaurant instead
Faisal Admar இ tQ so far so good as usual no gamble means sure win haha. Very peaceful.
Yes, that joy and love with us!
Yes, be careful because it can be dangerous ... Ja Ja Ja.
Huat ah! May you huat big big in the year of the snake. :D
Hi Bananaz, hey...how are you? Your blog on strike?
Hope this finds you well.
Best regards.
Lee.
Yes, I'm glad you like it. Greetings.
Hey Bananaz, your evening sounds divine. you still eat ular? don't eat too many, you'll choke to death.:)
have a wonderful weekend buddy.
Good morning, Bananaz! Have a really nice Monday!
A very geographical, but between North America and Africa are not sweet kisses ...
Leovi இ Ja Ja Ja ..cool
Anon இ tQ
EastCoastLife இ Huat Ah people say within Lunar 1st month still celebrating CNY haha
Uncle Lee இ Hi Lee sorry extremely busy lately back to back events lately. Need to break from blogging.
HappySurfer இ Getting good sunshine you have a great day too
LifeRamblingsஇ Yalor eat ular haha. Honeymoon time is over have neglected work need to beef up activities & lately quite occupied with back to back projects.
Leovi இ Oops no sweet kisses eh jajaja
Whoa, this is comment #101. Bananaz is famous now, liao! Have a relaxing weekend!
HappySurfer இ 101 Dalmatians oops Bananaz. No lah where got 101 over a month leh haha. Sorry no updates yet being busy busy busy.
Bananaz, your o.O comment got me going like.. :O
But then again, we all knew already, right?
HappySurfer இ Yalor TST *tahu sama tahu* the fried rice being fried-ed and re-fried-ed-ed until burntttt already haha
Hey Bananaz,
don't work too hard and try not to overstrained your eyes. take care and rest well.
enjoy your ulala weekend.
Thank you very much friend.
Yes, looks like a sperm.
Yes, a bad day for Julius Caesar.
Whoa, busy busy, huh? Have a nice day, Bananaz!
Btw, you may want to remove those spam comments here. I have reason to believe that Google penalises sites for spam.
Leovi இ Gracias
LifeRamblings இ Yalor received quite a number of spams lately
HappySurfer இ Very tedious in deleting all the spams. Huh Google penalizes Bananaz? Should penalize those spammers instead haha. Anyway bit by bit deleting them already tQ.
Bananaz, I think don't bother going back but do it as and when they appear from now on. At least, Google can tell that you are not encouraging it.
Happy Wed!
Yes, we must be careful with the hedgehog, ha, ha, ha.
HappySurfer இ Phew! spent the evening deleting all spams now blog seems 'lighter' haha
Leovi இ Yes have posted a link to youtube on bathing a cute little hedgehog with scrubbing, sniffing, sneezing, tattoos, and split tongue.
I love your sense of humor.
I see that you have no fear ...!
If the invasion of flowersaurios humiliated.
Hi Bananaz,
how was your weekend? hope you enjoyed your Earth Hour wherever you are that night.
how come no new post lately? too busy with work?
Yes, I can see a T-Rex
Strange! I left a comment here yesterday. Oh well..
Happy Friday, dear Bananaz!
Leovi இ Speaking from the heart and comment what I see haha.
LifeRamblings இ Weekend & Earth Hour? Haha lost touch of time & days lolz. Sorry no new post yet coz of work, mood & most important inspiration. Words seem not coming out of the thick skull haha. Shall make time make effort.
HappySurfer இ Quite common to experience technical glitch with comments MIA at times. So would expect to see an immediate post re-GE13 erection oops election in your blog pretty soon
GE13 post is up. The million dollar question is: When?
Aiyoh! All that suspense like a spy movie. haha..
Pun of the day: "Many folks have known about the plight of the spotted owl but never gave a hoot about it."
We need more than two hoots now to save the owl..
Missing your posts. Maybe with the GE coming, you have something to say. :P
Thanks, Bananaz, I'm thinking the same too about the trip to Shanghai. Better to be safe..
Making money at the 'market'?
Still hibernating?
Remember to wake up and vote, you know. ;o)
This time cannot play play. He he...
Yo Bananaz,
I have moments when I’m at a loss and not sure what to post about too. Thankfully I always end up finding something. hehe
hope your week is going well. enjoy your bananazzzz.
Good Morning! Morning, Morning!
Oops, it's afternoon already. Chiak pah beh? :D
I like the idea of the elephant and camel, could be a new mythological creature.
I've come checking whether you're OK, because you've been very quiet. Aha. "Busy and need a break from blogging." Good luck and ganbatte!
Can't blame you for not updating afterall we are still in the Year of the Snake as that post image shows. A hint of sarcasm here. LOL!
No, take your time. I know the feeling - it's difficult to get back into the rhythm after a long lapse. No worries, we're still right here waiting for you..
Have a nice day!
Yes, pretty broken-hearted love!
cny cny cny!~
how are you buddy? hope you're keeping well.
good night and sweet dreams!
A lonely heart is arranged with the love of another heart!
How are you? Hope everything's fine. Sending my best regards.
Yes, that octopus gave luck to Spain.
Ha ha You still makan ular ah Banana?
Hi Bananaz, still busy busy, eh?
I do not know if it's just me or if everybody else experiencing problems with your website. It looks like some of the text on your content are running off the screen. Can someone else please provide feedback and let me know if this is happening to them as well? This could be a problem with my web browser because I've had this happen before.
Cheers
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Gosh, I still can't believe I didn't catch that! Thanks!
Hey Bananaz,
still no new post? you busy campaigning for the GE?
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It's nice to look back and see beautiful things!
Good morning, Bananaz!
Yes, the bulls have little sweet. Best women!
Yoh Bananaz...where are you? long time hilang...you ok ka?
Hello Bananaz! Happy mid-May! :D
Dear All..yeah quite guilty guilty & guilty & pretty sorry for not coming up with new entry. Facing some technical challenge with eyesight lately with constant headaches. No kidding my computer screen looks 'pregnant' when without wearing my reading glasses. Need to go slow at the moment..
oh my, sorry to hear about your situation. i'm sending best wishes and good thoughts your way. thanks for stopping by despite your eye problem. have a good day.
Good mornin', Bananaz! Happy Monday!
Btw, do you like yogurt? If you do, then you are well cultured as what the Pun of the Day says:
"People who like yogurt are well cultured."
Yaba daba doo!
Hello dear friend! How about you?
I saw you.... at Small Kucing's. Trust it was a great meetup.
Psst, not blogging about it?
Hello?...
Hello?????...
Harloooowwwww!!!!
Anyone here?? Now where is Bananaz?
Please stop hibernating in your cocoon!!
Oh dear, this blog has full of cobwebs in 4 corners! Spiderman wasn't here, was he??
Gosh! OMG!!! What is this sticky green slime on the floor in this blog!! Oh no, it is green moss on the floor with lots of fungus and maggots!!!
Help!!!
I will be back tomorrow with some detergent and insecticide sprays too.
LifeRamblings இ Nice of you to drop by Bananaz still alive & kicking shall return soon haha. tQ
Leovi இ Coming on stronger..tQ
HappySurfer இ Hi not posting so many bloggers have blog about it already. BTW any itching of your ear or twitching of eye on Friday nite? We were talking about you leh should get you to join the next gathering coz some said HS is male some said female and SK said 'he is woman' woh. tQ
Twilight Man இ Sawasdee krap! Sorry not abandoning blog will come back pretty soon when I get a high powered vacuum cleaner to clear all the cobwebs. Shall take in 4 spoonful of olive oil as per your recommendation & get back my body in shape before can blog kaw kaw..tQ for your LaoJia tea & book.
Nope, no itching nor twitching - too thick-skinned. LOL
Talking behind my back!!?? tsk!
What, HS is male? Why? Because I enjoy watching football?
HappySurfer இ Remembered saw one comment by Shingo T long time back that in his dream HS is male How true? Not really my daughter loves watching football or maybe coz of Beckham? We watched one of the World Cup series together from starting to finals.
LOL!
Oo-meh? Oh yes, I vaguely remember it. Will need to go back to check on my response to that. Gender crisis! haha..
I remember at one time, FoongPC was thought to be a female.
Nobody thought Bananaz is she-bananaz? LOL!
HappySurfer இ Yeah CH Voon & Gratitude guessed Bananaz is SHE haha
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