Comments on: Partial solar eclipse and another New Year http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/ Being a Muse and Inspiration from the Muses Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: museditions http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1535 museditions Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:54:11 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1535 <b>ellaella</b>, I'm so glad you enjoyed all the information. I grew up with the parades and celebrations, but I'm learning now how much I didn't know. And wheat and poultry! You certainly engage well with those foods, and are kind enough to help the rest of us do so. <b>walkingbetween</b>, please don't think you added to confusion! I'm very grateful that you came back and are willing to share your greetings with the rest of us. I have learned much from you and sulz this holiday. I like the "how are you" greeting at the new year---it's very friendly. I agree, it would be boring if we were all the same. One of the reasons I like blogging so much is I get to meet lovely people like you and learn more about culture. :) ellaella, I’m so glad you enjoyed all the information. I grew up with the parades and celebrations, but I’m learning now how much I didn’t know. And wheat and poultry! You certainly engage well with those foods, and are kind enough to help the rest of us do so.

walkingbetween, please don’t think you added to confusion! I’m very grateful that you came back and are willing to share your greetings with the rest of us. I have learned much from you and sulz this holiday. I like the “how are you” greeting at the new year—it’s very friendly. I agree, it would be boring if we were all the same. One of the reasons I like blogging so much is I get to meet lovely people like you and learn more about culture. :)

]]> By: walkingbetween http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1534 walkingbetween Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:06:24 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1534 muse, Gong Xi Fa Cai and Guo Nian Hao looked different because they are two different phrases (the former like sulz said means "wish you prosperty (or more money:)" and the latter means "happy new year"). In the north (at least the area i was living) we don't usually say Gong Xi Fa Cai (while it's very common saying in the south), we simply greet each other with "Guo Nian Hao". It's like a "How are you" greeting at new year time. Sometimes you can say both together, "Guo Nian Hao, Gong Xi Fa Cai", they are not exclusive, and we do that too. Hope I didn't confuse you further more. :) Just think when there are billions of people in such a large country, there bound to be variations, or how boring would it be! :-D muse, Gong Xi Fa Cai and Guo Nian Hao looked different because they are two different phrases (the former like sulz said means “wish you prosperty (or more money:)” and the latter means “happy new year”). In the north (at least the area i was living) we don’t usually say Gong Xi Fa Cai (while it’s very common saying in the south), we simply greet each other with “Guo Nian Hao”. It’s like a “How are you” greeting at new year time.
Sometimes you can say both together, “Guo Nian Hao, Gong Xi Fa Cai”, they are not exclusive, and we do that too.

Hope I didn’t confuse you further more. :) Just think when there are billions of people in such a large country, there bound to be variations, or how boring would it be!
:-D

]]> By: ellaella http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1531 ellaella Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:08:17 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1531 Interesting links, thanks! Between yours and Walkingbetween's, I've learned all sorts of stuff and haven't even taken the quiz yet. Foods associated with my sign (dragon) are wheat and poultry; who knew? Interesting links, thanks! Between yours and Walkingbetween’s, I’ve learned all sorts of stuff and haven’t even taken the quiz yet. Foods associated with my sign (dragon) are wheat and poultry; who knew?

]]> By: museditions http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1529 museditions Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:58:04 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1529 I don't think you'll have bad luck, <strong>Bobby</strong>, you're just not quite as festive as sulz and walkingbetween and I. :) Anyway you can still wear red if you want to during the next few days...Thanks for the wishes, in any translation! Hi <strong>brightfeather</strong>---lunar new year too. Such a lot going on astrologically, energetically--whew! Let's see, on the quiz I got 7 right, and you got 3 wrong, and there are 10 questions---hey, we got the same score! :D Thanks so much for the further explanations, <strong>sulz</strong>! I admit I don't know what Malay looks like written out, although I'm pretty sure I'd be able to distinguish it from spoken Chinese dialect if I heard it. :? Your translations are very helpful. I didn't know about the other emphases in different areas, so I'm pleased that walkingbetween left a greeting here too. Yes, there certainly are a lot of you folks! (Yay!) I don’t think you’ll have bad luck, Bobby, you’re just not quite as festive as sulz and walkingbetween and I. :) Anyway you can still wear red if you want to during the next few days…Thanks for the wishes, in any translation!

Hi brightfeather—lunar new year too. Such a lot going on astrologically, energetically–whew! Let’s see, on the quiz I got 7 right, and you got 3 wrong, and there are 10 questions—hey, we got the same score! :D

Thanks so much for the further explanations, sulz! I admit I don’t know what Malay looks like written out, although I’m pretty sure I’d be able to distinguish it from spoken Chinese dialect if I heard it. :? Your translations are very helpful. I didn’t know about the other emphases in different areas, so I’m pleased that walkingbetween left a greeting here too. Yes, there certainly are a lot of you folks! (Yay!)

]]> By: sulz http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1527 sulz Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:35:37 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1527 oh, i've some explaining to do. :P xin nian kuai le and san nin fai lok means happy new year in mandarin and cantonese respectively. however, we don't usually say that as a greeting, but rather gong xi fa cai or kong hei fatt choy (in mandarin and cantonese again). it translates to 'wishing you prosperity,' where fatt choy means prosperity and kong hei means congratulate. in malay, we say selamat tahun baru cina! (happy chinese new year) walkingbetween's greeting is the first i've seen. nian means year, and hao means good. so it does runs along the idea of happy new year, i should think? well, this just shows how diverse the chinese population can be too. not surprising, when there's like, oh, a billion of us running around the world. :mrgreen: oh, i’ve some explaining to do. :P xin nian kuai le and san nin fai lok means happy new year in mandarin and cantonese respectively. however, we don’t usually say that as a greeting, but rather gong xi fa cai or kong hei fatt choy (in mandarin and cantonese again). it translates to ‘wishing you prosperity,’ where fatt choy means prosperity and kong hei means congratulate.

in malay, we say selamat tahun baru cina! (happy chinese new year)

walkingbetween’s greeting is the first i’ve seen. nian means year, and hao means good. so it does runs along the idea of happy new year, i should think? well, this just shows how diverse the chinese population can be too. not surprising, when there’s like, oh, a billion of us running around the world. :mrgreen:

]]> By: brightfeather http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1525 brightfeather Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:57:44 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1525 Hi there and Happy Lunar New Year to all. :-) P.S. I got 3 answers wrong on the quiz. Hi there and Happy Lunar New Year to all. :-)

P.S. I got 3 answers wrong on the quiz.

]]> By: B0bbyG http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1523 B0bbyG Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:57:11 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1523 Kong hei fatt choy! Please forgive me for stealing sulz's spelling; I've never seen it written in Roman letters before, and I don't speak Chinese! I completely forgot it was the Chinese New Year today, actually, and I haven't been wearing anything red; in fact I've been wearing all black, so if I were Chinese that would probably mean bad luck! Kong hei fatt choy!

Please forgive me for stealing sulz’s spelling; I’ve never seen it written in Roman letters before, and I don’t speak Chinese! I completely forgot it was the Chinese New Year today, actually, and I haven’t been wearing anything red; in fact I’ve been wearing all black, so if I were Chinese that would probably mean bad luck!

]]> By: museditions http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1521 museditions Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:58:22 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1521 <b>sulz</b>, & <b>Walking</b>, thank you for your greetings, and also for your contributions. I'm fascinated by transliterations from different parts of the world. Here's yours, <b>sulz</b> from my earlier post: "<i>kong hei fatt choy</i> in cantonese or <i>gong xi fa cai</i> in mandarin." It looks like "san nin fai lok!" is Malay? yes? And <b>walkingbetween</b>, you have given us “Guo Nian Hao”, Mandarin from northern China. It looks very different to me from <b>sulz</b>'s Mandarin--is it different words? Is it all the same when written in Chinese language? I have a lot to learn, since I only knew a little Cantonese from San Francisco. By the way, I added a <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/chinese-new-year/1.html" title="year of rat quiz" rel="nofollow">quiz</a> this morning. (I got 7/10!) sulz, & Walking, thank you for your greetings, and also for your contributions. I’m fascinated by transliterations from different parts of the world. Here’s yours, sulz from my earlier post: “kong hei fatt choy in cantonese or gong xi fa cai in mandarin.” It looks like “san nin fai lok!” is Malay? yes? And walkingbetween, you have given us “Guo Nian Hao”, Mandarin from northern China. It looks very different to me from sulz’s Mandarin–is it different words? Is it all the same when written in Chinese language? I have a lot to learn, since I only knew a little Cantonese from San Francisco.

By the way, I added a quiz this morning. (I got 7/10!)

]]> By: walkingbetween http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1518 walkingbetween Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:09:59 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1518 muse thanks! Happy New Year! Since I'm northern Chinese, instead of saying "Gung Hay Fat Choy" (Cantonese), let me say "Guo Nian Hao" (mandarin) to you...!! muse thanks! Happy New Year! Since I’m northern Chinese, instead of saying “Gung Hay Fat Choy” (Cantonese), let me say “Guo Nian Hao” (mandarin) to you…!!

]]> By: sulz http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/partial-solar-eclipse-and-another-new-year/#comment-1515 sulz Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:46:12 +0000 http://museditions.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-1515 kong hei fatt choy! san nin fai lok! kong hei fatt choy! san nin fai lok!

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