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title: "Chinese Phrases for Birthday Wishes: 12 With Pinyin and Audio"
description: "12 Chinese phrases for birthday wishes, like 生日快乐！ (Happy birthday!) and 祝你生日快乐！ (Happy birthday to you!), each with pinyin over every word, the English and Play to hear it. Keep the words in one press."
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[Chinese phrases](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-phrases) · 12 phrases

# Chinese phrases for birthday wishes

Each with pinyin over every word, the English and sound.

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shēngrì-kuàilè生日快乐！

Happy birthday!

zhù祝nǐ你shēngrì-kuàilè生日快乐！

Happy birthday to you!

jīntiān今天shì是wǒ我de的shēngrì生日。

Today is my birthday.

nǐ你jīnnián今年duōdà多大le了？

How old are you this year?

zhè这shì是gěi给nǐ你de的shēngrì生日lǐwù礼物。

This is a birthday present for you.

wǒmen我们yīqǐ一起chī吃dàngāo蛋糕ba吧！

Let’s have some cake!

chuī吹làzhú蜡烛ba吧！

Blow out the candles!

zhù祝nǐ你shēntǐ-jiànkāng身体健康！

Wishing you good health!

zhù祝nǐ你wànshì-rúyì万事如意！

May everything go as you wish!

zhù祝nǐ你xīnxiǎng-shìchéng心想事成！

May your wishes come true!

zhù祝nǐ你tiāntiān天天kāixīn开心！

Be happy every day!

shēngrì生日yào要chī吃chángshòumiàn长寿面。

On your birthday you eat long-life noodles.

## How do you say happy birthday in Chinese?

生日快乐 (shēngrì kuàilè), or 祝你生日快乐 (zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè), “happy birthday to you”, which is also how the birthday song goes in Chinese, to the same tune. For an older person, add a wish for health: 祝你身体健康.

## What do Chinese people eat on their birthday?

Long-life noodles (长寿面, chángshòu miàn), one long noodle eaten without biting it through, for a long life; often red-dyed eggs too. Birthday cake is as common as anywhere. Older people’s birthdays may have peach-shaped buns (寿桃, shòutáo), the peach being a sign of long life.

## How do I say them right?

Press Play and say each phrase with the voice, slow first, then at normal speed. Each word’s pinyin is above it, its tone marked.

## Can’t hear it?

Play uses your device’s Mandarin voice. Edge, Chrome and Safari have one; on other browsers, add Chinese speech in your system’s language settings.

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- [Chinese greetings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings)
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- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Tone practice](https://mandarinthewild.com/tone-practice)

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