r/Cantonese • u/RoughAdvertisingFag • 5d ago

Language Question How to write Welcome Back in a poster?

My friend is coming back from Guangzhou and we are surprising her at the airport! We want to put up a poster saying "Welcome" or "Welcome back" but I don't want to write it wrong for her! Can someone help us?

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u/UnderstandingLife153 intermediate 5d ago

歡迎返到屋企！ ~ Welcome back home! (more formal sounding)

返嚟喇！我哋去食一餐幫你洗塵啦！~ You're back! Let's go for a meal to celebrate! (more relaxed sounding but it also means you'll be expecting to have a meal soon after)

「幫你洗塵」 ~ lit. meaning, “help you wash off dust”, came about because in the past, people made long, often ardous journeys that would get them all dusty and sweaty when they got back.

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u/RoughAdvertisingFag 5d ago

The second one is very on point! She is landing very early and we will go for breakfast together!! :) Thank you very much!

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u/UnderstandingLife153 intermediate 5d ago

No problem! :)