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The List of Cheers !
Here is a list of how to say "Cheers !" in 66 languages. The list is compiled by me, Morten Larsen, who had a
very pleasant time compiling it since it involved both fine beer and good wine in order to learn all the
languages. I started compiling the list in 1991. You should try to memorise the list. You never know when
you will need to say "Cheers !" in another language.
Additions and corrections are welcome. Please use the comments form.

Language

Cheers !

Pronunciation

Source

Albanian

Gzuar
Fisehatak (*)
Shucram (United Arab Emirates)
Genatsoot ("Life")
?
Afiyt oslun

Gschuar
Fiseh'atak
?
Gen-ots-it
Sorlchrian
?

N
3
3
3
N
W

Pro

Pro

Vashi
On egin
Topa
Na zdrave (*)
Salut
Txin txin
Sant Hilari, Sant Hilari, fill de
puta qui no se l'acabi ("Son of a
bitch the one that does not finish
the cup", vulgar)
Yung sing ("drink and win")
Gom bui ("dry the cup")

Vashi
On egn
?
Na zdrave

N
N
W
NS

Salut
?
?

NS
N
N

Yung sing
Gom bui

N
N

Gan bei ("dry the cup")

Gan bei

NS

Na zdravi
Skl
Prowst
Rhe'sondheid
Bi'sochtak
Cheers
Cheerio
Here's mud in your eye

NS
NDS
NS
NS
N
NDS
N
N

Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Bahasa
(Indonesia)
Baluchi (Iran)
Basque
(Spain, France)
Bulgarian

Catalan (Spain)

Chinese
(Cantonese)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch (Flemish)
Egyptian
English

Zivjeli (write a small v above the

Z)
Na zdrav (*)
Skl
Proost
Gezondheid (*)
Bisochtak
Cheers
Cheerio (UK)
Here's mud in your eye (UK,

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Esperanto
(constructed)
Estonian
Faroese
Finnish
French
Frisian
(Netherlands)
Gaelic (Ireland)

vulgar)(expr. may be from Bible,

John 9:1-41)
Bottoms up (USA)
Down the hatch (vulgar)
Hey howdy (Arizona, informal)
Je via sano (*)
Toston ("(I propose) a toast")
(Teie) terviseks (*)
Skl
Kippis
Terveydeksi (formal) (*)
( votre) sant (*)
la votre (response "And to
yours")
Tsjoch

Slinte (*)
Slaandjivaa (*)
Gaelic (Scotland)
Slainte mhoiz
Galician (Spain) Sade
Georgian
Vakhtanguri
Prost (beer)
German
Zum Wohl (wine) (*)
Hau weg den Scheiss (vulgar)
Stin ijiasas
Greek
Jamas
Kassutta ("Let our glasses meet")
Greenlandic
Imeqatigiitta ("Let's drink
together")
Hawaiian
Okole maluna
Hebrew
L'chaim ("To life")
Egszsgedre (sing.) (*)
Hungarian
Egszsgetekre (plur.) (*)
Icelandic
Skl
Interlingua
A vostre sanitate (*)
(constructed)
A vostre salute
Cin cin (formal)
Italian
Salute (informal)
Japanese
Kampai
Kikuyu (Kenya) Rathima andu atene
Korean
Chukbae
Sanitas bona (*)
Latin
Bene tibi
Latvian
Uz veselibu
Kesak (sing.)
Lebanese
Keskun (plur.)

Bottoms up
Down the hatch
Hey howdy

N
N
N

YEH VEE-ah SAH-no

Tston
'Terviseks
Skol
'Kippis
?

3S
3
N
N
NS
NS

A votr songt
A la votr

NDS
W

'tsjo' like 'cho' in 'chocolate', 'ch' like 'j' in

Spanish 'Jose', except that 'o' should be more
closed like in German or Danish
Slorntche
?
?
?
Vakh-tahn-GOO-ree ('akh' like Bach)
Proost
Tsum vool
.
Stin i'jiasas
?

NS
NS
3
W
W
3
NS
NS
N
D
3

'Gasss-udda
?

N
N

'kl ma'luna
L'khayim
'Eh-geyss-shey-geh-dreh
'Eh-geyss-shey-geh-tek-reh
Skawl
A 'vostre sani'tate
?
Tjin Tjin
Sa'lut
Kampai
Rathima andu atene
'Chukbae
?
?
Uz vese'libu
Kesak
Keskun

N
NS
3
3
N
3
W
NS
NDS
3D
3
N
W
W
N
N
N

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Lithuanian
Maltese
Norwegian
Persian (Iran)
Polish
Portuguese
Rhaeto-Romanic
(Switzerland)
Romanian
Russian
Scottish
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Somalian
South African
(Afrikaans)

Spanish

Swedish
Tagalog
(Philippines)
Thai

Turkish

Urdu (Pakistan)

Vietnamese

Welsh
Yiddish

I sueikata
Cheers
Aviva (old fashioned)
Skl
(Be) salam ati (*)
Nush ("Enjoy it, and let it be part
of your body")
Na zdrowie (*)
Saude (*)
Tchim-tchim
Sade (Brazil)(*)
Tim-tim (Brazil)

I sueikata
Cheers
A'viva
Skl

N
N
N
NS

B salam ati
Nush

NS
NS

Na zdrowie
Sauth
?
?
?

NDS
NS
W
W
W

Viva

Noroc ("Good luck")

Na zdorovje (*)
Here's tae ye
Zivio
Ziveli
Na zdravie (*)
Na zdravje (*)
Auguryo

Noroc
Na zda'rovye
Here's tae ye
Zivio
?
Na zdre'vie
?
A-u'gurrjo

NDS
NS
N
N
W
NS
W
N

Gesondheid (*)

Rhe'sondheid

NS

Salud
?
...padentro

NDS
3
3

Skl

NS

Ma'buhay

NS

Salud
Chin chin
Arriba, abajo, al centro, para
adentro ("Up, down, center,
inside", vulgar)
Skl
Mabuhay ("Long life")

Choc-tee
?
Serefe (write cedille under S) ("To
honor")
Scherefe
Sagligina (sing.) (write bars over ?
g's, remove dots over i's) (*)
?
Sagliginiza (plur. or polite) (*)
Djam
Djam
Chia
Can chn (write dot under a)
Gia
(North V.N.)
Can jn
Can ly (write dot under a) (South Can li
V.N.)
Iechyd da
Iechyd da
Mazel tov
?
Lechaym
?

3
NDS
N
N
N
N
D
D
3
3
W

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The toasts marked with (*) can be translated as "To your health" or "To health".
An apostrophe in the pronunciation denotes that the following syllable should be emphasized.
Sources of information: N = Native speaker, 3 = Through 3rd person (i.e. non-native speaker), W = Found on
web (most likely incorrect), D = Found by me in dictionary, S = Spelling confirmed.
Additions and corrections are welcome. Please use the comments form.
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