新正如意

Chinese

		first month of the lunar new year; first day of the lunar new year	according to [one's] wishes; to be as one wishes; to be satisfactory
trad. (新正如意)		新正	如意
simp. #(新正如意)		新正	如意
Literally: “[May] your wishes come true [on commencement of] the new first lunar month”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnzhēng rúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄥ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zing¹ jyu⁴ ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnzhēng rúyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄥ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinjheng rúyì
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chêng¹ ju²-i⁴
    • Yale: syīn-jēng rú-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjeng ruyih
    • Palladius: синьчжэн жуи (sinʹčžɛn žui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ zing¹ jyu⁴ ji³
    • Yale: sān jīng yùh yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzing¹ jy⁴ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ jing¹ yu⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ jiː³³/

Phrase

1. Happy New Year

Usage notes

• Chiefly used for Chinese New Year
• Often used in combination with 新年發財／新年发财 (xīnnián fācái) as 新正如意，新年發財／新正如意，新年发财