lonely planet Mandarin phrasebook
Romance terms

Asking someone out...
Have you ever thought about after finding out the girl/guy of your dream interests' and hobbies', it will be the times to move to the next level and ask them out on a date? Well, here are some terms that you can incorporate into your conversation to help ease the frustration when your about to ask.

Where would you like to go (tonight)?- (今天晚上) 想到那里玩儿？ (Jin tian wanshang) xiang daonali wanr?)

Would you like to do something (tomorrow)?- (明天) 想出去玩而吗？ (Mingtian) xiang chuqu wanr ma?)

Yes, I'd love to.- 好啊， 很想去。 (Hao a, hen xiangqu.)

I'm sorry, I'm busy.- 对不起， 我有事。 (Duibuqi, wo youshi.)

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Pick-up lines...

Note: Please take notice that these terms are just general pick-up lines. It DOES NOT guarantee success when being used.

Would you like a drink?- 请你喝点什么吗？(qingni hedian shenme ma?)

You look like some cousin of mine.- 伲长得象我的表妹。 (ni zhangde xiang wode biao mei.)

You're a fantastic dancer.- 你跳的真好。 (Ni tiaode zhenhao.)

Can I.......?- 我能。。。。。？ (Wo neng.......)

• dance with you- 跳个舞 (tiaogewu)
• sit here- 坐一下 (zuoyixia)
  

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Rejections...

I'm here with my (boyfriend/girlfriend).- 我同 (男朋友/女朋友) 一起来了。 (Wo tong (nanpengyou/nupengyou) yiqi lai le.)

Sorry, I have to go now.- 对不起， 我要走。 (Duibuqi, wo yao zou.)

I'd rather not.- 我不想。 (Wo bu xiang.)

No, thank you.- 谢谢， 下一次吧。 (Xiexie, xiayici ba.)

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Getting closer...

I like you very much. - 我很喜欢你。 (Wo hen xihuan ni.)

You're great. - 你真帮。 (Ni zhen bang.)

Lets kiss! - 咱们亲以下吧。 (Zanmen qinyixia ba.)

Do you want to come inside for awhile? - 想进来坐坐吗？ (Xiang jinlai zuozuo ma?)

Do you want a massage? - 你喜欢被按磨吗？ (Ni xihuan bei anmo ma?)

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Love...

I love you- 我爱你 (Wo ai ni)

I think we're good together. - 我决的我们俩听配合。 (Wo juede women liang ting peihe.)

Will you.......? -你能同我一起。。。。吗？ (Ni neng tong wo yiqi....ma?)

• go out with me- 谈朋友 (tan pengyou)
• live with me- 疰下来 (zhuxialai)
• marry me- 结婚 (jiehun)
  

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Note from fake_innocent:
For more romance terms, please kindly PM me regarding your request. Thanks!

The chinese are missing. .___.;

That's because I don't always have time to teach the Mandarin language. Most importantly, I have school and life priority I must do first. Whenever I have time, I'll teach.

One day i will use these 4 sure

really thanks for all this...i really needed them...thanks a lot

Cool clacess... Im leanring mandarin with a software...but there they don't teach this kind of stuff.

I love you- 我爱你 (Wo ai ni)

You can reply with: Wo ye ai ni (i love you too)
And: i love you forever (wo yong yuan ai ni)

Also some you missed out on:

I miss you. (wo xiang ni)
I miss you too. (wo ye xiang ni)

Will you marry me? (ni jia gei wo hao ma?)

Do you like me? (ni xihuan wo ma?)

Your very sexy (ni hen shin gan)

You break my heart (wo de xin sui le)

Happy Valantines (qing ren jie kuai le)

Jealous (ji du)

Hold me (bao zhe wo)

Break-up (fen shou)

Sorry to bust in on your post fake_innocent, just thought that you missed some out thats all, i hope you dont mind.

This post was last modified: 06-12-2008 05:10 PM by ChengLong.

this thread is so cool! i'll be using this for my friends. thank you so much for sharing this.

I'm sooo loving this! I'll definitely find some chance to use this especially since I often get mistaken for a Chinese I might as well learn how to speak it lol

i find this really helpful since i'm surrounded by lots of mandarin people ^^ the only thing i know is wo ai ni and ni hao and she she (thank you) sorry if that's spelled wrong but yeah, that's about it...