Happy Chinese New Year (Guo nian hao)
New words:
| New words | Pin yin | Translation | Phonetic Translation |
| 新年 | xīn nián | new year | sin ni’en |
| 喽 | lou | final particle | low |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear | chwan |
| 新 | xīn | new | sin |
| 衣 | yī | clothes | yee |
| 放 | fang | to put; to place; to release | fung |
| 花炮 | huā pào | firecracker | hwa pow |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick | ti’er |
| 春联 | chūn lián | Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) | chunli’en |
| 福字 | fú zì | good fortune character | foo ze |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place) | choo |
| 拜年 | bài nián | to wish sb a Happy New Year | buy ni’en |
| 收 | shōu | to receive | show |
| 红包 | hóng bāo | money wrapped in red as a gift | hong bow |
| 过年好 | guò nián hǎo | to celebrate the Chinese New Year | gwo ni’en how |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone | da jar |
| 齐聚 | qí jù | to get together all at once | chi jew |
| 共 | gòng | together | gong |
| 欢乐 | huān lè | happy; joyous | hwan le |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend time | du |
| 春节 | Chūn jié | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) | chwun jee’er |
| 乐 | lè | happy, cheerful, to laugh | le |
| 逍遥 | xiāo yáo | free and unfettered | shao yow |
Notes for teaching:
This is quite a joyful song. Try to sing it in a joyous tone!
Degree of difficulty:****
