cung hỉ phát tài

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

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

  1. May you have a prosperous New Year!

See also
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