This 2026, we're welcoming the Year of the Horse.

If you’re expected to give a Chinese New Year greeting in Hokkien, you might as well do it properly, and you might just receive a nice angpau in return!

Hokkien is said to have between five to eight different tones, depending on the dialect. Hokkien dialects in Mainland China and Taiwan tend to possess seven tones, whereas Hokkien dialects in Southeast Asia tend to have six.