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Chinese New Year greetings for clients: what to write, warm, formal or short
Ten Chinese New Year greetings for clients, to send on WhatsApp or by email: the warm, formal and short pairs you know, and four written for the client you're sending to. Copy one, or open it in WhatsApp and pick the client.
What to write: six greetings, two for each tone
Warm
Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy Chinese New Year. Thank you for your trust this past year, and may the year ahead bring good health and good fortune to your home. Gong xi fa cai!
Happy Chinese New Year! I hope you get plenty of time with family over the holidays, and that the year ahead is a healthy and happy one for all of you.
Formal
Wishing you and your family a prosperous Chinese New Year. Thank you for your support over the past year. May the new year bring you good health, happiness and success.
Wishing you and your family a happy Chinese New Year, with good health and every success in the year ahead. Thank you for your support.
Short
Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing you and your family good health and good fortune this year.
Gong xi fa cai! Wishing you a happy and healthy Chinese New Year.
Greetings by who they're for
Happy Chinese New Year, [name]! Thank you for [number] years of working together. Wishing you and your family good health and a prosperous year ahead. Gong xi fa cai!
Hi [name], happy Chinese New Year! Thank you for choosing to work with me this year. Wishing you and your family a smooth and healthy year ahead.
Hi [name], it's been a while since we spoke, and I hope the year ahead is a good one for you and your family. Happy Chinese New Year!
Dear [name], happy Chinese New Year to you and the team at [company]. Thank you for [the orders, the referrals, a good year of working together]. Sheng yi xing long!
Four Chinese phrases to use, or skip, with a client
- Xin nian kuai le: a plain, formal "Happy New Year" for a client you don't know well yet.
- Gong xi fa cai, or Gong hei fat choy in Cantonese: the usual greeting, and safe with any client.
- Sheng yi xing long: "Prosperous business!", the one to send a client who runs their own company.
- Leave out "hung bao na lai" with clients. It asks for a red packet, and China Highlights says to say it only to close friends and relatives.
Before you send: getting the greeting right
- Gong xi fa cai is the usual Mandarin greeting. It wishes the person happiness and prosperity.
- The celebrations last 15 days, with visits to family and friends, so a greeting in the first few days arrives in the middle of them.
- Visits during the festival are for exchanging greetings and gifts, and younger visitors bring a pair of oranges. If you drop by a client's office in the first days, two oranges are the custom.
Sources: China Highlights, Chinese New Year greetings, read 2 November 2026; Roots.gov.sg (National Heritage Board), Chinese New Year, read 2 November 2026.
Keep it personal: add their name and yours
The festive greeting generator puts the client's name in the greeting and signs it with yours, and your company's if you add it.
Add names to a Chinese New Year greetingSend them on time, one client at a time
- The morning of the festival
- The evening before, if you won't be free on the day
- To each client on their own, with their name in it
- On its own, never in the same message as a reminder
Greetings for the other festivals
See who's due a message before the festival, not after
Palby CRM is the CRM we make. Each client's notes and WhatsApp chats sit on their record, so you can see when you last spoke.
- Link your WhatsApp number, and each client's chats sit on their record, so you can see when you last spoke
- Keep a note on each client's record of the festivals they celebrate
- The week before the festival, open the 30-day view: it lists the clients you haven't been in touch with for a month.
Questions
Yes. A short, sincere wish for a festival your client celebrates is a kind thing to send. Use the festival's usual greeting, keep it about them, and leave business out of it.
WhatsApp for clients you already message there, email for the ones you only email. Either way, send each one to one client, not to a group, so it reads as meant for them.
Open the festive greeting generator and type the client's name and yours. The greeting comes back with both in it, ready to copy. Or paste one of these and type the name in yourself.
You can, but a greeting sent to a list reads like it went to everyone. Send it to each client on their own, with their name in it.
Yes. They're greetings to copy and send yourself, so use them as often as you like and change any word.
Send one that sounds like you
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