གཟུགས་པོ་བདེ་ཐང་།
suk-bo de-thang
The English phrase "cheers" is expressed in Tibetan as གཟུགས་པོ་བདེ་ཐང་། (suk-bo de-thang).
This phrase is used as a toast when drinking with others.
Meaning: toast when drinking (intj)
How do you pronounce it?
suk-bo de-thang
Did you know?
- While the phrase གཟུགས་པོ་བདེ་ཐང་། focuses on well-being, many Tibetans prefer to use many short blessings instead of a single word like 'cheers'. One might wish for long life, prosperity, or health in a single sitting.
- The word བདེ་ཐང་ in the phrase is a compound of 'peace' and 'health'. It suggests a state of holistic harmony rather than just the absence of illness.
- If you are drinking with monks or high-ranking lamas, a standard 'cheers' might be replaced by more specific religious or respectful terminology to avoid appearing too casual.
Example conversation
Two friends are having a drink together.
- ནོར་བུ། Norbuང་ཚོའི་གྲོགས་པ་རྣམས་ལ་ གཟུགས་པོ་བདེ་ཐང་།nga tshos grogs pa rnams la gzugs po bde thangCheers to our friends!
- ལྷ་མོ། Lhamoགཟུགས་པོ་བདེ་ཐང་།gzugs po bde thangCheers!
- ནོར་བུ། Norbuའདིར་འཐུང་།'dir 'thungDrink now.
- ལྷ་མོ། Lhamoལེགས་སོ་།legs soAlright!
