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The idea of celebrating birthdays began with the Egyptians after realizing the symptoms that aging caused. With this, they began to celebrate life by celebrating each birth anniversary. In the beginning, the birth of influential religious figures was celebrated and the “common man” was celebrated with rituals that remain unknown to us. Now we celebrate our birthdays with gifts, parties with family and friends, songs, etc., and there are even special places to celebrate birthday parties.
One of the songs with which life is celebrated is Happy Birthday . This song has been translated into different languages, including Chinese, the language in which we will teach how to sing it here. However, before learning how to sing the song in this language, it is worth knowing its provenance.
The melody of this song originates from a congratulatory song sung by teachers in schools. It was titled Good Morning to All , that is, Good morning to all in Spanish. The song was composed in 1893 by American sisters Mildred and Patty Hill. It can be said that they were the creators of the most sung song in the world.
Copyright of the song Happy Birthday
The combination of lyrics and melody for Happy Birthday to You , the first popular version of the Hill sisters’ original song, first appeared in 1912. No credits were included in those early appearances. In 1924, Robert Coleman published the updated lyrics that make up the popular tune we sing today. However, in 1935 the Summy company granted copyright to the song, and authorship was attributed to the Hill sisters. At that time the birthday song was already worth $5 million. In turn, Warner Music bought these rights in 1988. Thus, the company began collecting royalties (royalties) for performances of this song.
In 2016, a US federal judge ruled that Warner Music had no valid copyright to the song. Since then, it has been possible to use Happy Birthday to You without fear of paying royalties.
happy birthday song in chinese
There are two phrases that are the most common to wish or say happy birthday in Chinese:
- 生日快乐 – shēngrì kuàilè: Happy birthday. Its literal translation into Spanish would be: Birth – Day – Happy
- 祝你生日快乐 – zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè : I wish you a happy birthday. Whose literal translation into Spanish would be: I wish – To you – Birth – Day – happy.
However, in China they use different ways to greet , congratulate or say goodbye, depending on the person they are addressing. These are some examples:
happy birthday in chinese for kids
生日快乐 – shēngrì kuàilè
Happy Birthday!
希望你健康快乐地长大, xī wàng nǐ jiàn kāng kuài lè de zhǎng dà
I hope you grow up healthy and happy!
Happy birthday in Chinese for female teens or young adults
祝你生日快乐，年年十八, zhù nǐ shēnɡ rì kuài lè, nián nián shí bā
I wish you a happy birthday. May you live as young as if over the years you were still 18.
祝你生日快乐，越来越靓, zhù nǐ shēnɡ rì kuài lè, yuè lái yuè jìng
Happy birthday, I wish you more and more beautiful.
happy birthday to friends
If you are going to wish a happy birthday (in Chinese) to a friend you are very close to, you can add some chengyu (idioms peculiar to the Chinese language).
心想事成, xīn xiǎng shì chéng
May all your wishes come true!
天天快乐, tiān tiān kuài lè
I hope you are happy every day.
