🎁 Happy birthday
Unit 6 · Travel, trips & celebrations (HSK 2) · 7 min
Wishes: 生日快乐！ Giving a gift: 这是送给你的 "This is for you." Receiving: 谢谢，你太客气了 "Thank you, you shouldn't have."
Words in this lesson
- 生日 (shēng rì) — birthday
- 快乐 (kuài lè) — happy
- 送 (sòng) — to give (a gift); to see off
- 礼物 (lǐ wù) — gift
- 客气 (kè qi) — polite; to stand on ceremony
- 祝 (zhù) — to wish
Chinese often don't open gifts in front of the giver; clocks are avoided as gifts.
Project: Write a birthday card in Chinese.
