Chinese communities around the world ushered in Chinese New Year Thursday with festive celebrations that included fireworks, food, friends and family. Prominent figures and leaders in these global communities showed off their Chinese-language skills (or, in some cases, a lack thereof) and offered greetings to those who celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday.

No. 1: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder Of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg first showed off his Chinese language skills back in October, when he participated in a 30-minute Q&A at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University completely in Mandarin, impressing the audience and the media. Zuckerberg has a pretty extensive vocabulary, but his pronunciation will make anyone familiar with the language cringe. Zuckerberg takes the top spot for being the only one to deliver his New Year’s greeting in Mandarin.

Translation: "Hello, everyone. Happy Lunar New Year! At Facebook, we will have a big Lunar New Year celebration. During the celebration, we will have lion dance performances and traditional Chinese food. I wish everyone a Happy New Year. I wish everyone in the year of the sheep happiness and to be proud of all things."

No. 2: Real Madrid Football Club

The Real Madrid squad -- including Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, James Rodríguez, Jesé Rodríguez Ruiz and Karim Benzema -- gets major points for using a variety of traditional New Year greetings (“happy year of the sheep,” “may your wishes and dreams come true,” “congratulations and prosperity”), and also for trying Chinese calligraphy, despite missing the mark on pronunciation.

No. 3: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson

The western Canadian city is home to a prominent Chinese immigrant population, estimated at 402,000, and it is only expected to grow. Census data found that 17 percent of the city speaks Chinese at home, and while that probably does not include Mayor Robertson, he does an admirable job in his Chinese New Year address. Extra points for his embroidered silk shirt.

No. 4: FC Barcelona

Similar to Real Madrid, FC Barcelona's squad -- including Xavi, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Pedro and Sergi Roberto -- gets points for props, production value and variety of sayings. Minus points, however, because it also appears to double as an advertisement for Suning, an appliance company that's also an FC Barcelona sponsor.

No. 5: Arsenal Football Club

Not much Chinese language ability on display, but the players -- including Damián Martínez, Calum Chambers, Serge Gnabry, David Ospina, Francis Coquelin and Nacho Monreal -- do what they do best: get physical. The team members pound on drums and make a valiant effort at the traditional Chinese lion dance, a performance usually featured in parades to ward off bad spirits ahead of the new year.

No. 6: Toronto Raptors

Greetings from Patrick Patterson, Landry Fields and Terrence Ross show off pretty impressive pronunciation for both Mandarin and Cantonese sayings, but the super cut of basketball clips doesn’t exactly feel festive.

No. 7: The Rest:

Politicians and other public figures, featuring

We round out the list by lumping together all of the statements made by heads of state and other leaders -- including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfvén and the U.K.’s Prince William -- all of whom touched on the significance of their economic partnerships with China.

If we had to pick last place among the group, we’d probably have to go with Prince William.