Lesson 43: "Birthday Party" in Chinese Mandarin Pinyin
1
24th of March is my birthday.
sān yuè èr shí sì hào shì wǒ de shēng rì.
2
I want to invite you to my birthday party.
wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ cān jiā wǒ de shēng rì wǎn huì.
3
Happy birthday!
zhù nǐ shēng rì kuài lè!
4
I wish you both health and longevity!
zhù nín jiàn kāng cháng shòu!
5
Today's my 20th birthday.
jīn tiān shì wǒ èr shí suì shēng rì.
6
Here is your birthday gift / present.
zhè shì wǒ sòng nǐ de shēng rì lǐ wù.
7
This is longevity noodles.
zhè shì cháng shòu miàn.
8
I will cut the birthday cake.
wǒ lái qiē shēng rì dàn gāo.
9
Light the candles and make a wish.
diǎn shàng là zhú, xǔ gè yuàn ba.
10
Let's sing the birthday song together.
dà jiā yì qǐ chàng shēng rì gē ba.
11
Thank you for your coming to my birthday party.
xiè xiè nǐ lái cān jiā wǒ de shēng rì wǎn huì.
12
What's your Chinese zodiac?
nǐ shǔ shén me?
13
I was born in the year of dragon.
wǒ shǔ lóng.
Do you know?
Twelve symbolic animals: It is traditional Chinese custom to use one of 12 kinds of animals to represent the year one is born in. Twelve years make a cycle. For example, 1980, 1992 and 2004 are all monkey years, therefore any person who born in one of these three years has monkey as his or her zodiac. The order of these 12 kinds of animals is: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.