Today, we are going to learn an easy song. You can’t believe how easy it is 🙂 I don’t either.
You have a few versions to sing this song.
The easiest one is:
Title:
祝你生日快乐
hù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
Wish you birthday happy
Lyrics:
祝你生日快乐
hù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
Wish you birthday happy
…………….
…………….
then repeat it as may times as you wish:)
Who said Chinese song is difficult to learn? It is extremely simple and highly repetitive:)
Let’s learn some Chinese phrase usages from the song.
[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/listen-to1.mp3|titles=listen to]祝你生日快乐
hù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
hù (verb, wish) nǐ (pronoun, you) shēngrì (noun, birthday) kuàilè (stative verb or adjective, happy)
Now, let’s apply it to other occasions:
If you are going to graduate, then you will hear people say to you:
祝你毕业快乐
hù nǐ bìyè kuàilè
毕业 means graduation
If you are going to marry, then you will hear:
祝你结婚快乐
hù nǐ jiéhūn kuàilè
结婚 means to get married
If you want to wish a person happy everyday, then you will say
祝你天天快乐
hù nǐ tiān tiān kuàilè
天天 means everyday
If you are going to have a few days off work due to holiday, then you will be hearing:
祝你放假快乐
hù nǐ fàng jià kuàilè
or
祝你假期快乐
hù nǐ jiàqī kuàilè
放假 means to have a holiday or vacation; 假期 means vacation
For me I want to say to you, wish you study Chinese happily, then it will be:
祝你学中文快乐
hù nǐ xué zhōngwén kuàilè
学中文:学means learn (verb), 中文 (noun) means Chinese language
Next, let’s have a more challenging happy birthday song by Jay Chou! This song is not happy birth day to you, but to me:)
祝我生日快樂 周杰倫&溫嵐
周杰伦
Zhou Jie lun
Jay Chou
溫嵐
Wen Lan
祝我生日快乐
Zhu4 wo3 sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4
Wish me a happy birthday
我知道伤心不能改变什么
wo3 zhi1 dao4 shang1 xin1 bu4 neng2 gai3 bian4 shen2 me5
I know that being sad can’t change anything
那么让我诚实一点
na4 me5 rang4 wo3 cheng2 shi2 yi4 dian3
Then, let me be a bit honest
诚实 难免有无法控制的宣泄
cheng2 shi2 nan2 mian3 you3 wu2 fa3 kong4 zhi4 de5 xuan1 xie4
Being honest, inevitably will have uncontrollable release
只有关上了门不必理谁
zhi3 you3 guan1 shang4 liao5 men1 bu2 bi4 li3 shui4
I only have to close the door and don’t need to pay attention to anyone
一个人坐在空的包厢里面
yi2 ge5 ren2 zuo4 zai4 kong1 de5 bao1 xiang1 li3 mian4
One person sit in a empty box (of the theater, or dining place, or entertainment place)
手机让它休息一夜
shou3 ji1 rang4 ta1 xiu1 xi2 yi2 ye4
Let the cell phone rest for one night
那上千个切掉回忆的画面
na4 shang4 qian1 ge4 qie1 diao4 hui2 yi4 de5 hua4 mian4
Those over one thousand cutting memory scenes
时间眼泪不能流过十二点
shi2 jian1 yan3 lei4 bu4 neng2 liu2 guo4 shi2 er4 dian3
For the time, after 12 o’clock the tears can’t be shed anymore
生日快乐
sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4
Happy birthday
我对自己说
wo3 dui4 zi4 ji3 shuo1
I said to myself
蜡烛点了
la4 zhu2 dian3 liao5
Candles are lit up
寂寞亮了
ji2 mo4 liang4 liao5
The loneliness is lightened up
生日快乐
sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4
Happy birthday
泪也融了
lei4 ye3 rong2 liao5
Tears are melted
我要谢谢你给的你拿走的一切
wo3 yao4 xie4 xie5 ni3 gei3 de5, ni3 na2 zou3 de5 yi2 qie4
I want to thank you for what you gave me and what you took away
还爱你的一点恨
huai2 ai4 ni3 de5 yi4 dian3 hen4
I still love you, that bit of hatred
还要时间
huai2 yao4 shi2 jian1
Still need time
才能平衡
cai2 neng2 ping1 heng2
To balance
美梦（热恋）伤痕
mei3 meng4 re4 lian4 shang1 hen2
Beautiful dreams (passionate romance) wounds
幻灭重生
huan4 mie4 zhong2 sheng1
Disillusionment appeared again
祝我生日快乐
zhu4 wo3 sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4
Wish me birthday happy
Translated by Shu
Quotes of birthday:
We know we’re getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear:
Your birthday as my own to me is dear…
But yours gives most; for mine did only lend
Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
~Martial
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, “Your Disintegrating Body,” Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn’t have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, “Virginibus Puerisque II,” Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ~Don Marquis
Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
These quotes come from: http://www.quotegarden.com/birthday.html
The Beatles – Happy Birthday song