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title: "I Love You in Chinese: 我爱你 and 13 More Ways to Say It, With Pinyin and Audio"
description: "14 Chinese phrases for saying I love you, like 我爱你。 (I love you.) and 我也爱你。 (I love you too.), each with pinyin over every word, the English and Play to hear it. Keep the words in one press."
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[Chinese phrases](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-phrases) · 14 phrases

# I love you in Chinese

Each with pinyin over every word, the English and sound.

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wǒ我ài爱nǐ你。

I love you.

wǒ我yě也ài爱nǐ你。

I love you too.

wǒ我hěn很ài爱nǐ你。

I love you very much.

wǒ我xǐhuan喜欢nǐ你。

I like you. (how most people first say it)

wǒ我duì对nǐ你yǒu有hǎogǎn好感。

I have feelings for you.

wǒ我xiǎng想nǐ你。

I miss you.

nǐ你shì是wǒ我de的wéiyī唯一。

You’re the only one for me.

wǒ我huì会yǒngyuǎn永远ài爱nǐ你。

I’ll love you forever.

wǒ我ài爱nǐ你yīshēng-yīshì一生一世。

I’ll love you all my life.

ài爱nǐ你yīwàn一万nián年。

Love you for ten thousand years.

wǒ我líbukāi离不开nǐ你。

I can’t live without you.

wǒmen我们zài在yīqǐ一起ba吧。

Let’s be together.

qīn’ài亲爱de的，wǎn’ān晚安。

Good night, darling.

nǐ你yuànyì愿意jià嫁gěi给wǒ我ma吗？

Will you marry me?

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

我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ): 我 is “I”, 爱 is “love”, 你 is “you”. The answer is 我也爱你 (wǒ yě ài nǐ), “I love you too”. 我爱你 is a strong thing to say; to tell someone you like them, people usually say 我喜欢你 (wǒ xǐhuan nǐ).

## What do 520 and 1314 mean?

520 (wǔ èr líng) sounds like 我爱你, so it means “I love you” in messages; 1314 (yī sān yī sì) sounds like 一生一世, “for a lifetime”. 5201314 is “I love you forever”. More are in our guide to Chinese lucky numbers.

## How do I say them right?

Press Play and say each phrase with the voice, slow first, then at normal speed. Each word’s pinyin is above it, its tone marked.

## Can’t hear it?

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- [Chinese greetings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings)
- [Chinese idioms](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-idioms)
- [Chinese text to speech](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-text-to-speech)
- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Tone practice](https://mandarinthewild.com/tone-practice)

Pinyin from our own reader.