過了臘月二十三，也就是北方的小年，很多家庭正式進入春節(jié)倒計時階段了。春節(jié)期間走親訪友，肯定要說一些吉祥話兒的。你要是想出其不意，用英文來拜年，那就跟我們一起學起來吧！

猴年最常用祝福語
The Most Popular Greetings for Monkey Year 2016

猴年吉祥
Good luck for this Monkey year

猴年大吉
Lots of luck for this Monkey year

猴年送五福
This sentence gives people five best wishes for this Monkey year.

猴年送你五只猴：
This Monkey year, I give you five monkeys:

機靈詭秘如獼猴，
the ingenuity of the macaque,

健康快樂像馬猴，
the health and happiness of the monkey,

悠閑富貴似猴子，
the leisure and wealth of monkey-kind,

無憂無慮比猿猴，
the lightheartedness of apes and monkeys,

聰明伶俐勝孫猴。
and intelligence and wit surpassing the Monkey King.

猴年最全祝福：前程、學識和事業(yè)都說到了
This sentence gives three best wishes for the new Monkey year — i.e. a bright future, good knowledge, and great success.

祝你猴年前程
I wish you in the Monkey year ahead

一個筋斗十萬八千里，
a somersault of 9,000 kilometers (18,000 li),

兼七十二變混世才學，
72 simultaneous transformations in scholarliness,

具八十一種創(chuàng)業(yè)本領。
and 81 kinds of creative skill

春節(jié)常用祝福語
Common Greetings and Sayings for the Chinese New Year

過年好
Happy New Year

新春快樂
Happy 'New Spring'

春節(jié)快樂
Happy Spring Festival

吉祥如意
Good fortune according to your wishes

年年有余
Surplus year-after-year

吉星高照
Fortune will smile on you ('lucky star high shines')

心想事成
May all your wishes come true.

大吉大利
Lots of luck and profits

健康類祝福語
Greetings and Sayings for Health

龍馬精神
The spirit of the dragon and horse

身體健康
Enjoy good health

精靈活潑（這句祝福語尤其適用于10歲以下的小朋友，祝他們活動聰明）
A bright and lively spirit (especially used for children under the age of 10, wishing them to be active and smart)

事業(yè)類祝福語
Greetings and Sayings at Work and for Business

恭喜發(fā)財（南方人多用，尤其在發(fā)紅包的時候）
Happiness and prosperity

事業(yè)有成
Success in your career

平步青云
Have a meteoric rise (usually to wish for promotions)

馬到成功
Instant success

步步高升
Promotions at every step

一帆風順
May your life go smoothly.

升官發(fā)財
Win promotion and get rich

生意興隆
Prosperous business

學生族祝福語
Greetings and Sayings for Students

學習進步
Progress in studies

金榜題名（對來年要參加高考等重要考試的學生族）
Success in the examination (for those taking an important examination, including students)

家庭祝福語
Greetings and Sayings for the Family

闔家歡樂
Felicity of the whole family

闔家幸福
Happiness for the whole family

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen）