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Hebrew and Yiddish equivalent of saying "cheers" when doing a toast [1] Gesundheit: געזונטהייט Health [ɡəˈzʊnthajt] Yiddish Yiddish (and German) equivalent of saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. Also sometimes "tsu gezunt". [2] Labriut (or Livriut) לַבְּרִיאוּת To Health [livʁiˈʔut] Hebrew
"To your health" or "Cheers" Благодаря (Blagodarya) "Thank you" Catalan: Jesús or Salut "Jesus" or "Health!" Gràcies "Thank you" Cantonese: 大吉利事 (daai6 gat1 lei6 si6) or 好嘅 (hou2 ge3). Sneezing in Southern Chinese culture means that someone is speaking ill behind your back. "A great fortunate occurrence" or "A good one"
Rhythmical cheering has been developed to its greatest extent in America in the college yells, which may be regarded as a development of the primitive war-cry; this custom has no real analogue at English schools and universities, but the New Zealand rugby team in 1907 familiarized English crowds at their matches with the haka, a similar sort of war-cry adopted from the Māoris.
Sep. 30—Crowds of people from Frederick County and beyond rang in the fall season with brats, beers and cheers of "zicke zacke, zicke zacke, hoi hoi hoi!" during Frederick's Oktoberfest on Saturday.
The term is also occasionally used for toasts during celebrations to mean "cheers". It is similar to the Hawaiʻian expression " aloha ". [ 1 ] It is used in the local hospitality industry to welcome guests, a practice rooted in a 1993 campaign launched by restaurateur Rod Ongpauco to more uniquely welcome foreign visitors to the Philippines.
100 Cheers: 2006: 25 Musicals: 2007: 100 Movies (Updated) 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10: 100 Years… 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies is a list ... 17 languages ...
Jiayou in Standard Mandarin or Gayau in Cantonese (Chinese: 加油) is a ubiquitous Chinese expression of encouragement and support. The phrase is commonly used at sporting events and competitions by groups as a rallying cheer and can also be used at a personal level as a motivating phrase to the partner in the conversation.
Kia ora (Māori pronunciation: [k i ˈ a ɔ ɾ a], approximated in English as / ˌ k iː ə ˈ ɔːr ə / KEE-ə-OR-ə [1] or / ˈ k j ɔːr ə / KYOR-ə) is a Māori-language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. It translates literally as "have life" or "be healthy", [2] wishing the essence of life upon someone, from one speaker to ...