Can I send a Chinese New Year greeting if I don't celebrate it?

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.

Should I send it on WhatsApp or by email?

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.

How do I add the client's name?

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.

Can I send one greeting to all my clients at once?

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. Copy as many as you like. There's no sign-up.

Free greetings for clients

Chinese New Year greetings for clients: what to write, warm, formal or short

Six Chinese New Year greetings to send clients on WhatsApp or by email, two warm, two formal and two short. Copy one, or open it in WhatsApp and pick the client. Free, no sign-up.

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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Short

Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing you and your family good health and good fortune this year.
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Gong xi fa cai! Wishing you a happy and healthy Chinese New Year.
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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.

Sources: China Highlights, Chinese New Year greetings, read 28 September 2026; Roots.gov.sg (National Heritage Board), Chinese New Year, read 28 September 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 greeting

Send 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

Financial advisors: fourteen WhatsApp messages for the rest of the year

See who's due a message before the festival, not after

The greetings are free. ActivityTracker, the app we make, is paid, and it keeps your clients and their chats in one place.

Link your WhatsApp number, and each client's chats sit on their record, so you can see when you last spoke
A week before Chinese New Year, the clients you haven't spoken to in 30 days are at the top of your list
Save your greeting as a quick reply, then type a slash to bring it up in each chat
Keep a note on each client's record of the festivals they celebrate

Questions

Send one that sounds like you

The greetings stay free. Come back before the next festival.

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