{"id":13016,"date":"2017-02-13T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=13016"},"modified":"2017-02-07T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:37:43","slug":"valentines-day-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/valentines-day-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to its many traditional festivals, China has taken to celebrating plenty of holidays from Western culture as well. You might see Santa around Christmas and zombies on Halloween, and you&#8217;ll also see smooching couples out and about on <strong>Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/strong> (\u60c5\u4eba\u8282 &#8211; q\u00edng r\u00e9n ji\u00e9). Although China has its own holiday for lovers &#8211; the <strong>Qi Xi Festival<\/strong> (\u4e03\u5915\u8282 \u2013 q\u012b x\u00ec ji\u00e9) &#8211; February 14th is just as popular, if not more so. Let&#8217;s learn a bit of Chinese related to this romantic holiday and see how people celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day in China.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13018\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00655.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC00655\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13018\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13018\"  alt=\"Valentine's Day in China\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00655.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00655.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00655-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vendors get ready for Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you translate the Chinese name for Valentine&#8217;s Day directly, it&#8217;s &#8220;Lover&#8217;s Festival.&#8221; It&#8217;s a day to spend with your <strong>lover<\/strong> (\u60c5\u4eba &#8211; q\u00edng r\u00e9n). Here are a few words to describe your lover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>boyfriend (\u7537\u670b\u53cb &#8211; n\u00e1n p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>girlfriend (\u5973\u670b\u53cb &#8211; n\u01da p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>fianc\u00e9\/fianc\u00e9e (\u672a\u5a5a\u592b\/\u672a\u5a5a\u59bb &#8211; w\u00e8i h\u016bn f\u016b\/w\u00e8i h\u016bn q\u012b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>husband (\u4e08\u592b &#8211; zh\u00e0ng f\u016b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>wife (\u59bb\u5b50 &#8211; q\u012b zi)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, this is a day to express your<strong> love<\/strong> (\u7231\u60c5 &#8211; \u00c0i q\u00edng). Just like in the West, it&#8217;s common for a couple to go out on a <strong>date<\/strong> (\u7ea6\u4f1a &#8211; yu\u0113 hu\u00ec). Perhaps a<strong> romantic<\/strong> (\u6d6a\u6f2b &#8211; l\u00e0ng m\u00e0n) night out, like a\u00a0<strong>candlelit dinner<\/strong> (\u70db\u5149\u665a\u9910 &#8211; zh\u00fa gu\u0101ng w\u01cen c\u0101n).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13017\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC00651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13017\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13017\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u6cf0\u8fea\u718a &#8211; t\u00e0i d\u00ed xi\u00f3ng<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Guys are expected to give their lady a\u00a0<strong>gift<\/strong> (\u793c\u7269 &#8211; l\u01d0 w\u00f9). That&#8217;s right, Chinese guys are duped into buying things on Valentine&#8217;s Day as well. Here are the most common examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>teddy bear (\u6cf0\u8fea\u718a &#8211; t\u00e0i d\u00ed xi\u00f3ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>red rose (\u7ea2\u73ab\u7470 &#8211; h\u00f3ng m\u00e9i gu\u012b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>a box of chocolate (\u4e00\u76d2\u5de7\u514b\u529b &#8211; y\u012b h\u00e9 qi\u01ceo k\u00e8 l\u00ec)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>flowers (\u9c9c\u82b1 &#8211; xi\u0101n hu\u0101)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>candy hearts (\u5fc3\u578b\u7cd6\u679c &#8211; x\u012bn x\u00edng t\u00e1ng gu\u01d2\uff09<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to a gift, you should also give your sweetie a\u00a0<strong>hug<\/strong> (\u62e5\u62b1 \u2013\u00a0y\u014dng b\u00e0o), <strong>hold hands <\/strong>(\u53cc\u624b\u62b1 \u2013 shu\u0101ng sh\u01d2u b\u00e0o) and <strong>kiss <\/strong>(\u543b \u2013 w\u011bn, or \u4eb2 \u2013 q\u012bn).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the most common phrase you&#8217;ll hear on Valentine&#8217;s Day is &#8220;<strong>I love you<\/strong>&#8221; (\u6211\u7231\u4f60 &#8211; w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0). If you really want to impress with your Chinese skills though, try some of these out:<\/p>\n<h3>I love you passionately.<br \/>\n\u6211\u70ed\u70c8\u7684\u7231\u7740\u4f60 &#8211; w\u01d2 r\u00e8 li\u00e8 de \u00e0i zhe n\u01d0<\/h3>\n<h3>In my heart there is only you.<br \/>\n\u6211\u7684\u5fc3\u91cc\u53ea\u6709\u4f60 &#8211; w\u01d2 de x\u012bn l\u01d0 zh\u01d0 y\u01d2u n\u01d0<\/h3>\n<h3>I&#8217;m crazy in love with you.<br \/>\n\u6211\u75af\u72c2\u7684\u7231\u7740\u4f60 &#8211; w\u01d2 f\u0113ng ku\u00e1ng de \u00e0i zhe n\u01d0<\/h3>\n<h3>I hope to grow old with you.<br \/>\n\u6211\u5e0c\u671b\u80fd\u8ddf\u4f60\u4e00\u8d77\u53d8\u8001 &#8211; w\u01d2 x\u012b w\u00e0ng n\u00e9ng g\u0113n n\u01d0 y\u012b q\u01d0 bi\u00e0n l\u01ceo<\/h3>\n<p>In a sign of the increasingly digital times we live in, it&#8217;s more and more common to send a coded text message of love using numbers. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>520<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(w\u01d4 \u00e8r l\u00edng) = I love you (\u6211\u7231\u4f60 &#8211; w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>530 (w\u01d4 s\u0101n l\u00edng)\u00a0\uff1d I miss you (\u6211\u60f3\u4f60 &#8211; w\u01d2 xi\u01ceng n\u01d0)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>770 (q\u012b q\u012b l\u00edng)\u00a0= Kiss you (\u4eb2\u4eb2\u4f60 &#8211; q\u012bn q\u012bn n\u01d0)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>880 (b\u0101 b\u0101 l\u00edng) = \u00a0Hug you (\u62b1\u62b1\u4f60 &#8211; b\u00e0o b\u00e0o n\u01d0)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now you&#8217;re all set for Valentine&#8217;s Day in China. If you&#8217;re a <strong>single person<\/strong> (\u5355\u8eab &#8211; d\u0101n sh\u0113n), never fear &#8211; you&#8217;ve got your own holiday, too! You just have to wait half a year for it, as <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/china-singles-day\/\">China celebrates Single&#8217;s Day on 11\/11<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/DSC00651.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In addition to its many traditional festivals, China has taken to celebrating plenty of holidays from Western culture as well. You might see Santa around Christmas and zombies on Halloween, and you&#8217;ll also see smooching couples out and about on Valentine&#8217;s Day (\u60c5\u4eba\u8282 &#8211; q\u00edng r\u00e9n ji\u00e9). Although China has its own holiday for lovers&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/valentines-day-in-china\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":13017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[11458,371314,452137,452138,371315,115730,371316],"class_list":["post-13016","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-chinese-valentines-day","tag-chinese-valentines-day-vocabulary","tag-chinese-vocabulary-for-valentines-day","tag-how-to-express-love-in-chinese","tag-how-to-say-i-love-you-in-chinese","tag-i-love-you-in-chinese","tag-valentines-day-in-china"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13020,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions\/13020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}