[Updated Jan 2017]
Other than kung hei fat choy, lai see dou loy 恭喜發財,利是逗來 (may you be prosperous, and hand me a red packet), what else can you whip out to say to your relatives during the Lunar New Year? Here are some popular alternatives, as well as some quirkier ones to say to your hip aunties and uncles in the Year of the Rooster.
*long story — deem in Cantonese can sound like “straight” or “sweet”, so if you’re straighter or sweeter than a shoot of bamboo, you’re doing very well!