Speeches and condolences

10 phrases

请节哀顺变 - please restrain your grief and accept the change - is the standard thing said to the bereaved in Chinese, and it is fixed: you do not improvise here. 百年好合 wishes a hundred years of harmony and belongs only at a wedding.

谨代表全体同仁致辞。 jǐn dàibiǎo quántǐ tóngrén zhìcí. — I speak on behalf of all my colleagues

祝贺贵公司开业。 zhùhè guì gōngsī kāiyè. — congratulations on your opening

祝二位百年好合。 zhù èr wèi bǎinián hǎohé. — may you have a hundred happy years

祝身体健康，万事如意。 zhù shēntǐ jiànkāng, wànshì rúyì. — wishing you health and every success

前程似锦。 qiánchéng sì jǐn. — may your future be bright

深表哀悼。 shēn biǎo āidào. — my deepest condolences

请节哀顺变。 qǐng jié'āi shùnbiàn. — please accept my sympathy

逝者安息。 shìzhě ānxī. — may the departed rest in peace

望您保重身体。 wàng nín bǎozhòng shēntǐ. — please look after yourself

我们永远怀念他。 wǒmen yǒngyuǎn huáiniàn tā. — we will always remember him

HEYGOW

Speeches and condolences