The title of this song 恭喜恭喜 (Gōng xǐ! gōng xǐ!) literally means “Congratulations! Congratulations!.” It conveys the meaning of “Good wishes to you for a happy and prosperous New Year!” “Gōng xǐ! gōng xǐ!” can be translated as “Good wishes! Good wishes!” This song is one of the popular Chinese New Year songs.
恭喜恭喜 (Gong Xi Gong Xi)
Good Wishes, Good Wishes
每条大街小巷，
每个人的嘴里
见面第一句话，
就是恭喜恭喜。
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
冬天已到尽头，
真是好的消息；
温暖的春风，
吹醒了大地。
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
皓皓冰雪溶解，
眼看梅花吐蕊
漫漫长夜过去，
听到一声鸡啼
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
经过多少困难
经历多少磨练
多少心兒盼望
春天的消息
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
Pinyin (Pronunciation):
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ
Měi tiáo dà jiē xiǎo xiàng,
měi ge rén de zuǐ lǐ,
jiàn miàn dì yī jù huà,
jiù shì gōng xǐ gōng xǐ
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ gōng xǐ nǐ ya,
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ gōng xǐ nǐ
Dōng tiān yǐ dào jìn tóu
zhēn shì hǎo de xiāo xī
wēn nuǎn de chūn fēng
jiù yào chuī xǐng dà dì
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ gōng xǐ nǐ ya
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ gōng xǐ nǐ
Hào hào bīng xuĕ róng jiĕ
yăn kàn méi huā tŭ ruĭ
Mànmàn cháng yè guò qù,
tīng dào yì shēng jī tí
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ gōng xǐ nǐ ya
Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ gōng xǐ nǐ
Jīng guò duō shăo kùn nan
jīng lì duō shăo mó liàn
duō shăo xīn ér pàn wàng
On every street and pathway,
On everyone’s lips,
The first thing we say is,
“Good wishes, good wishes.”
Good wishes, good wishes to you, yeah!
Good wishes, good wishes to you!
Winter has come to an end,
That is really good news,
A warm spring breeze is
Blowing to wake up the earth.
Good wishes, good wishes to you, yeah!
Good wishes, good wishes to you!
The icy snow has melted,
See the plum tree blossom!
The long night is past,
I heard the rooster crow.
Good wishes, good wishes to you, yeah!
Good wishes, good wishes to you!
After experiencing so many difficulties,
Going through so many ordeals,
How many hearts are looking forward
Too the news of Spring!
Good wishes, good wishes to you, yeah!
Good wishes, good wishes to you!
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| 1 | 恭喜  |
gōng xǐ | congratulations; greetings; good wishes | |
| 2 | 每 |
měi | each; every | |
| 3 | 条 |
條 | tiáo | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 4 | 大街小巷 |
dà jiē xiǎoxiàng | great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | |
| 5 | 个人 |
個人 | gè rén | individual; personal; oneself |
| 6 | 的 |
de | of; ~’s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); | |
| 7 | 嘴里 |
嘴裡 | zuǐ lǐ | mouth; in the mouth; on one’s lips; speech; words |
| 8 | 见面 |
見面 | jiàn miàn | to meet; to see each other; Classifiers: 次 |
| 9 | 第 |
dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) | |
| 10 | 一句话 |
一句話 | yī jù huà | in a word; in short |
| 11 | 就是 |
jiù shì | precisely; exactly; in the same way as | |
| 12 | 你 |
nǐ | you | |
| 13 | 呀 |
ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 14 | 冬天 |
dōng tiān | winter; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 15 | 已 |
yǐ | already | |
| 16 | 到 |
dào | to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive; (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action) | |
| 17 | 尽头 |
盡頭 | jìn tóu | end; extremity; limit |
| 18 | 真是 |
zhēn shi | indeed; truly | |
| 19 | 好 |
hǎo | good; well | |
| 20 | 消息 |
xiāo xi | news; information; Classifiers: 条 | |
| 21 | 温暖 |
溫暖 | wēn nuǎn | warm |
| 22 | 春风 |
春風 | chūn fēng | spring wind |
| 23 | 吹 |
chuī | to blow; to play a wind instrument | |
| 24 | 醒 |
xǐng | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 25 | 了 |
le | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) | |
| 26 | 大地 |
dà dì | earth; mother earth | |
| 27 | 皓 |
暠皜 | hào | variant of 皓 ; bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age) |
| 28 | 冰雪 |
bīng xuě | ice and snow | |
| 29 | 溶解 |
róng jiě | to dissolve | |
| 30 | 眼看 |
yǎn kàn | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 31 | 梅花 |
méi huā | plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) | |
| 32 | 吐 |
tǔ | to spit; to put; to say | |
| 33 | 蕊 |
橤蕋, 蘂 | ruǐ | variant of 蕊 ; stamen; pistil; variant of 蕊 ; variant of 蕊 |
| 34 | 漫漫 |
màn màn | long; endless; boundless | |
| 35 | 长夜 |
長夜 | cháng yè | long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression |
| 36 | 过去 |
過去 | guò qu | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 37 | 听到 |
聽到 | tīng dào | to hear |
| 38 | 一声 |
一聲 | yī shēng | one sound of; first tone in Mandarin (high level tone) |
| 39 | 鸡 |
雞 | jī | fowl; chicken; Classifiers: 只 ; (slang) prostitute |
| 40 | 啼 |
嗁 | tí | to cry; to weep aloud; to crow; to hoot; variant of 啼 |
| 41 | 经过 |
經過 | jīng guò | to pass; to go through; process; course; Classifiers: 个 |
| 42 | 多少 |
duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat | |
| 43 | 困难 |
困難 | kùn nan | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation |
| 44 | 经历 |
經歷 | jīng lì | experience; Classifiers: 个 ; to experience; to go through |
| 45 | 磨练 |
磨練 | mó liàn | to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance; ordeal |
| 46 | 心 |
xīn | heart; mind; intention; center; core; Classifiers: 颗 | |
| 47 | 儿 |
兒 | ér | son |
| 48 | 盼望 |
pàn wàng | to hope for; to look forward to | |
| 49 | 春天 |
chūn tiān | spring (season); Classifiers: 个 |
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