In this podcast we'll teach you how to say happy birthday. That said, this isn't a lesson so much as an excuse to crow about the birthday of our very own superstar podcaster Echo. Later this evening those of us here in Beijing will stagger out and celebrate in true Chinese style with unholy amounts of cake, KTV, liquor and Xinjiang food, not necessarily in that order. We'll also be force-feeding Apple cake as well, since it was her birthday recently too. Happy Birthday!
trevelyan
said on April 3, 2009
Happy birthday Echo! Happy birthday Apple!
imron
said on April 4, 2009
祝你们生日快乐。
Echo
said on April 4, 2009
@imron,
Thank you ! :)
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
barrister
said on April 5, 2009
Happy Birthday Echo and Apple. Keep up the good work and hope this year is better for you than all the last.
pradhanarvind
said on April 11, 2009
祝你生日快乐！你几岁 了？
阿文
Echo
said on April 11, 2009
@阿文，
谢谢，23，呵呵 :)
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
Avram
said on April 15, 2009
Happy Birthday. Lession one for me!
(Its my b-day also :-)
orbital
said on April 16, 2009
Happy Birthday, Avram. And good luck getting started. It's well worth it.
Echo
said on April 17, 2009
@Avram,
Late Happy Birthday !
迟到的生日快乐，但是真的希望你快乐啊 :)
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
bill_oberg
said on December 16, 2009
When we sing happy birthday in American the word order is differnt so to sing in Chnese is this correct?
祝你生日快乐
祝你生日快乐
亲爱Echo生日快乐
祝你生日快乐
trevelyan
said on December 16, 2009
> 祝你生日快乐
Dead on Bill, and we can swap out 生日 and replace it with any other holiday, as in 祝你圣诞节快乐 zhù nǐ shèngdànjié kuàilè (Merry Christmas) too.
Echo
said on December 16, 2009
@Bill,
Actually I'm still not so sure what the third line should be after so many birthdays. I think some people just repeat four times 祝你生日快乐, or replace "你" with the person's name.
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
bill_oberg
said on December 16, 2009
@Echo
I am familar with four lines of the same verse but I feel out of place have sung the song so many times with "Dear Echo" it seems to lose the warm personal feeling. Maybe I whould not try to be so literal in translation but more understanding of Chinese culture, which I have found to be very practical yet enduring and suits me well. Like we say in America, "IF it's not broke, don't fix it," or "When in China do as the Chinese!"
Thank you for the most excellant lessons and 圣诞节快乐
Bill
Echo
said on December 17, 2009
@Bill,
Oh, I mean you can sing "祝（person's name）生日快乐！" as the third line, not all four lines :)
也祝你和全家圣诞快乐！Hope Santa has already prepared a big great gift for you little angel :)
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
orbital
said on December 18, 2009
People I know also like to turn it into 猪你生日快乐 here, with a long and extra emphasis on the first character (pig). I like to hit them and then diving in for the cake while they're off balance.
LanZi
said on December 18, 2009
@orbital
We like to say that too. 范晓萱 has a song called 猪你生日快乐. Also a Taiwan Singer 康康 has a song called 快乐鸟日子, which has a upper tempo.
hitheo2
said on March 30, 2012
@apple生日快乐aloha
hitheo2
said on April 3, 2012
@ECHO生日快乐hau'oli la hanauhappy birthdayaloha
Echo
said on April 3, 2012
@hitheo2,谢谢你！--Echoecho@popupchinese.com
Tsaiko
said on November 19, 2013
生日快乐 ！！ 我在练习一点
