Gong xi fa cai,” followed by the cheeky repartee “Hung pao na lai!” — which loosely means “Congratulations and be prosperous, now hand me the red packets of cash!” — is a common ...

Xin nian kuai le written out ... Getty Images) ‘Gong hei fat choy’ is the Cantonese way of saying the phrase and, in Mandarin Chinese, it’s ‘gong xi fa cai’ (pronounced gong she fa ...