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title: "Chinese Love Card: Say I Love You in Chinese, With Pinyin and Sound | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Send a free love note in Chinese: pick one of 12 lines (我爱你, 我想你了, 一生一世 …), each with pinyin and who to say it to, add their name (written in Chinese for 514 names), and it plays in a recorded voice. For Valentine’s Day, 520, Qixi or any day."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Send a love note in Chinese

Say it in real Chinese, for Valentine’s Day on Sunday, 14 February 2027 or any day. Pick a line, add their name and send it. It plays in our recorded voice, with pinyin over every word.

情书Love note

wǒ我ài爱nǐ你。

I love you.

## 12 ways to say it, and who to say them to

wǒ我ài爱nǐ你。

I love you.

For: Someone you are sure of. It is a big thing to say in Chinese.

wǒ我xǐhuan喜欢nǐ你。

I like you.

For: Someone you are falling for. It is how most people say it first.

wǒ我xiǎng想nǐ你le了。

I miss you.

For: Your partner, or anyone far away. It is said far more often than 我爱你.

yǒu有nǐ你zhēn真hǎo好。

I’m so glad I have you.

For: Your partner, your family or a close friend.

nǐ你shì是wǒ我de的wéiyī唯一。

You’re my one and only.

For: Your partner.

yǒngyuǎn永远ài爱nǐ你。

I’ll love you forever.

For: Your partner.

yīshēng-yīshì一生一世。

For a lifetime.

For: Your partner, as a promise. 1314 (yī sān yī sì) sounds like it, so 5201314 is “I love you for a lifetime”.

zhízǐ-zhīshǒu执子之手，yǔzǐ-xiélǎo与子偕老。

I’ll hold your hand and grow old with you.

For: Your partner, on an anniversary or at a wedding. It comes from the Book of Songs (诗经), China’s oldest poems.

wǒmen我们zài在yīqǐ一起ba吧。

Let’s be together.

For: Someone you are asking to be your partner.

qíngrénjié情人节kuàilè快乐！

Happy Valentine’s Day!

For: Your partner, on 14 February.

qīxī七夕kuàilè快乐！

Happy Qixi!

For: Your partner, on Qixi, Chinese Valentine’s Day.

wǎn’ān晚安，hǎomèng好梦。

Good night, sweet dreams.

For: Your partner, as the day’s last message.

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E7%88%B1%20%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%20%E6%83%B3%20%E7%9C%9F%20%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%20%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%20%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96%20%E4%B8%8E%E5%AD%90%E5%81%95%E8%80%81%20%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%20%E6%83%85%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%20%E4%B8%83%E5%A4%95%20%E5%A5%BD%E6%A2%A6)

## Now read them in a real story

[**妈妈不说“我爱你”**How to say I love you in ChineseHSK 2 · 1 minRead it free](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-i-love-you-in-chinese)

## How do you say I love you in Chinese?

我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ). It is a big thing to say, kept for someone you are sure of: 我喜欢你 (wǒ xǐhuan nǐ, I like you) usually comes first, and 我想你了 (wǒ xiǎng nǐ le, I miss you) is said far more often.

## When is Chinese Valentine’s Day?

Qixi (七夕, qīxī), the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, is next on Sunday, 8 August 2027: the night the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet across the Milky Way. China keeps 14 February too, and 20 May.

## What does 520 mean?

520 (wǔ èr líng) sounds like 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ), so 20 May has become a day to say it, and 520 is “I love you” in a message. 1314 (yī sān yī sì) sounds like 一生一世, “for a lifetime”.

## Can the card write their name in Chinese?

Yes, for 514 common English names, written as Chinese writes them: David is 大卫 (Dàwèi). For any other name, our Chinese name generator makes one from its sounds.

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Qixi’s date from the Hong Kong Observatory’s calendar tables; pinyin from our own reader; names as the name pages write them. The names you type are part of the link you send.