Thursday, May 5, 2011

How To Say Happy Mother's Day in Chinese


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()(qīn)(jié) ( kuài)()
Happy Mother's Day!

()(ma)(zhù)( nín)(  mǔ)(qīn)(jié)(  kuài)()
Mom, wish you a happy Mother's Day!

The two sentences above are mostly frequently used expressions to say Happy Mother's Day in Chinese. Both 妈妈and 母亲 mean mother, but the difference is 妈妈 can be both used in oral and written sentences; whereas 母亲 can only be used in written sentences, and it sounds more like old Chinese words, people don't use it in the daily life . 节 means holiday, Mother's Day as a holiday is the proper noun in Chinese, so we call it 母亲. But it is incorrect to say 妈妈节. Besides, 快乐 means happy, and 祝 means wish. Now you can try to link these words to a complete sentence, and express your love to all the moms you know in Chinese.

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