How to Say ‘Always open (always smiling)!’ in Simplified Chinese
常开！
💬 Usage Tip: This is usually the second half of the full greeting [笑口常开]—by itself it can sound incomplete. [常] = “often/always,” [开] = “open.”
🇨🇳 In China: People say [笑口常开] to wish someone a cheerful mood all year—very common in New Year messages.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
常
[cháng]
often; always; frequently
A common adverb meaning something happens regularly or consistently. In greetings, it often pairs with verbs like 开 (“to open”) to express “always (be) ...”.
新年快乐，笑口常开！
Happy New Year—may you always be smiling!
开
[kāi]
to open; to turn on; to start
Means “to open” (a door, an event, a smile). In set phrases like 常开, it implies something stays “open” all the time—metaphorically, a smile.
祝你新的一年笑口常开，事事顺心。
Wishing you a year full of smiles and that everything goes smoothly.
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