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How to say Happy New Year, may you prosper
in Thai
ซินเจียยู่อี่ ซินนี้ฮวดไช้
sin-jia yûu-ìi sin-níi hûat-chái
Happy New Year, may you prosper
The Teochew Chinese New Year greeting. Say it to the shop owners in Yaowarat in February.
- Where
- festival
- Register
- neutral
Words inside it
From the same situation: Variation: Isaan, South, Chinese-Thai, Tinglish
- เฮ็ดto do, make (Isaan)
- หยังwhat (Isaan)
- ไสwhere (Isaan)
- จั่งใด๋how (Isaan)
- กะalso, then (Isaan ก็)
- ซิwill (Isaan จะ)
- ฮู้to know (Isaan)
- เบิ่ดall, completely, all gone (Isaan)
All 97 words and phrases in “Variation: Isaan, South, Chinese-Thai, Tinglish” →
Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok drills ซินเจียยู่อี่ ซินนี้ฮวดไช้ until you can say it without thinking, then shows you where to use it today. Follow everyday Isaan and Southern speech, address Thai-Chinese shopkeepers and families with the right Teochew kin terms, and understand (and use) the English that Thais mix into Thai.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
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