How do you say "welcome home" in Chinese?

annietheeslteacher
 February 12, 2008, 03:25 PM posted in General Discussion
I want to make a banner that says "welcome home" or something to that effect in Chinese, but I'm not sure how to say it. So, 歡迎光臨 "huan1 ying2 guang1 lin2" more or less means "welcome" and 歡迎 can be used more informally, but somehow I don't think adding 家 jia1 on the end of either of those would be a real Chinese phrase. Am I right? What should I say?
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rich
 February 12, 2008, 04:33 PM

ha ha...this brings back memories. I made a banner in 2002 for a Taiwanese girl who went back to China for a while and then came back to the states. On a HUGE piece of paper with paint, I just wrote these 4 characters: 欢迎回家 which my Chinese friend here says is correct. Welcome-return-home

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annietheeslteacher
 February 12, 2008, 05:01 PM

Thanks Rich!

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annietheeslteacher
 February 12, 2008, 05:09 PM

I'm not brave enough to paint the characters though. I'll take the easy way out of printing the Chinese characters in 400 point outline font, and then painting or coloring those in instead. :)