{"id":167,"date":"2020-02-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duchinese.net\/blog-wp\/2020\/02\/14\/93-how-to-say-i-love-you-in-chinese\/"},"modified":"2020-02-14T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T07:00:00","slug":"93-how-to-say-i-love-you-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duchinese.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/14\/93-how-to-say-i-love-you-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say I Love You in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Culturally, Chinese people are not known to express love as often using words as in Western cultures. Even so, there are a number of ways to communicate how you feel in Chinese and they can be totally appropriate to use – especially if you are speaking to a boyfriend\/girlfriend or spouse. Instead of just teaching you how to say I love you, we have a whole list of phrases that can all be \u201clove\u201d phrases for you to try out.<\/p>\n

How to say I love you in Chinese and essential Chinese love phrases:<\/h2>\n

I love you – \u6211\u7231\u4f60 w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0<\/h3>\n

This is the most direct translation and an easy one to remember! How do you respond to this? You can say \u6211\u4e5f\u7231\u4f60 (W\u01d2 y\u011b \u00e0i n\u01d0) which means I love you, too.<\/p>\n

I like you – \u6211\u559c\u6b22\u4f60 w\u01d2 x\u01d0 huan n\u01d0<\/h3>\n

This is a good one for you to try out that is not as serious. You could use this phrase in a flirtatious way or just as a little more subtle way of expressing your feelings.<\/p>\n

I miss you – \u6211\u60f3\u4f60 w\u01d2 xi\u01ceng n\u01d0<\/h3>\n

Want to emphasize it even more? Try \u6211\u5f88\u60f3\u5ff5\u4f60 (w\u01d2 h\u011bn xi\u01ceng ni\u00e0n n\u01d0). It means \u201cI miss you a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will you be my girlfriend\/boyfriend? – \u4f60\u613f\u610f\u505a\u6211\u7684\u5973\/\u7537\u670b\u53cb\u5417\uff1fn\u01d0 yu\u00e0n y\u00ec zu\u00f2 w\u01d2 de n\u01da \/ n\u00e1n p\u00e9ng you ma?<\/h3>\n

This is pretty straightforward! Be careful when you\u2019re practicing this phrase – you might just get yourself into a relationship.<\/p>\n

Will you marry me? – \u4f60\u613f\u610f\u5ac1\u7ed9\u6211\u5417\uff1fn\u01d0 yu\u00e0n y\u00ec ji\u00e0 g\u011bi w\u01d2 ma?<\/h3>\n

With this phrase you\u2019ve brought your relationship full circle and you\u2019re making the biggest step! If you get the response \u6211\u613f\u610f (w\u01d2 yu\u00e0n y\u00ec) then..congratulations!<\/p>\n

Those are the essential phrases love phrases that you need to know to fall in love in Chinese! We hope that you have fallen in love with the Chinese language and we know that you can learn it faster than ever if you download the Du Chinese app. Besides that though, we have some bonus Chinese love phrases that you can check out here:<\/p>\n

Additional Chinese love phrases<\/h2>\n

\u4f60\u662f\u6211\u7684\u552f\u4e00 n\u01d0 sh\u00ec w\u01d2 de w\u00e9i y\u012b
\nYou are my one and only. You\u2019ll hear this phrase used in a lot of songs<\/a>.
\n\u4f60\u662f\u6211\u7684\u767d\u9a6c\u738b\u5b50 n\u01d0 sh\u00ec w\u01d2 de b\u00e1i m\u01ce w\u00e1ng z\u01d0
\nYou are my knight in shining armor.
\n\u6211\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60 w\u01d2 y\u01d2ng yu\u01cen \u00e0i n\u01d0
\nI love you forever.
\n\u6211\u7231\u4f60\u4e00\u751f\u4e00\u4e16 w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0 y\u00ec sh\u0113ng y\u00ed sh\u00ec
\nAnother way to say \u201cI love you forever\u201d or \u201cI love you all my life\u201d
\n\u4eb2\u4eb2\u4f60 – q\u012bn q\u012bn n\u01d0
\nKiss you
\n\u62b1\u62b1\u4f60 – b\u00e0o b\u00e0o n\u01d0
\nHug you<\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019re armed with all these phrases you\u2019re ready for Chinese love holidays, of which there are plenty! Qixi, Single\u2019s Day, 520 and even February 14th! Some of the best ways to express love are with your time and gifts, but taking the time to learn a few phrases could mean a lot to your special someone if they are a Chinese speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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