{"id":768,"date":"2023-07-25T22:31:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/?p=768"},"modified":"2023-07-25T22:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:31:05","slug":"decoding-520-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"Decoding 520:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Chinese Slang for \u201cI love you\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Happy 520!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the reason that May 20th or May 21st<\/strong> are considered the prime days for marriage proposals<\/strong> and weddings<\/strong> in China every year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

521 w\u01d4 \u00e8r y\u012b \u6211\u7231\u4f60 w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

520 w\u01d4 \u00e8r l\u00edng \u6211\u7231\u60a8 w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mandarin, the pronunciation of “5 w\u01d4 “<\/strong> is similar to that of “\u6211 w\u01d2”<\/strong>, the pronunciation of “2 \u00e8r “<\/strong> is similar to that of “\u7231 \u00e0i “<\/strong>, the pronunciation of “1 y\u012b” <\/strong>is similar to that of “\u4f60n\u01d0”<\/strong>, and the pronunciation of “0 l\u00edng ” <\/strong>is similar to that of “\u60a8n\u00edn “.<\/strong> So “521”<\/strong> can be used to represent “\u6211\u7231\u4f60 w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0<\/strong>” and “520”<\/strong> can be used to represent “\u6211\u7231\u60a8 w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u00edn <\/strong>“. They both mean\u2018I love you<\/strong>\u2019.This is a subtle way for the Chinese to express their love<\/strong> and make vows, isn’t it smart and romantic<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On this romantic day<\/strong>, people will do the following activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8868\u767d bi\u01ceo b\u00e1i<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

confess your love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u7ea6\u4f1a yu\u0113 hu\u00ec<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

go on a date<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6c42\u5a5a qi\u00fa h\u016bn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

to propose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u767b\u8bb0\u7ed3\u5a5a d\u0113ng j\u00ec ji\u00e9 h\u016bn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

get a marriage registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u529e\u5a5a\u793c b\u00e0n h\u016bn l\u01d0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

hold a wedding ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are other fascinating Chinese slang terms<\/strong> associated with numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1314 y\u012b s\u0101n y\u00ed s\u00ec<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e00\u751f\u4e00\u4e16 y\u00ec sh\u0113ng y\u00ed sh\u00ec<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Chinese, \u201c3 s\u0101n\u201d is pronounced like “\u751fsh\u0113ng “, \u201c4 s\u00ec\u201d is pronounced like “\u4e16sh\u00ec”, and “\u4e00\u751f\u4e00\u4e16y\u00ec sh\u0113ng y\u00ed sh\u00ec” means “the whole lifetime”<\/strong>. So, 1314 can be used as a love vow together with 520, and 5201314<\/strong> can mean I will love you till the end of the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

666 li\u00f9 li\u00f9 li\u00f9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u725b\u725b\u725b ni\u00fa ni\u00fa ni\u00fa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Chinese, \u201c6 li\u00f9\u201d and “\u725bni\u00fa” sounds similar, “\u725b ni\u00fa” means awesome<\/strong>, so 666 can be used to praise others who did an excellent job<\/strong>. “666” may have a very different meaning in other cultures so please remember that in China, this is a phrase used for making compliments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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886 b\u0101 b\u0101 li\u00f9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u62dc\u62dc\u5566 b\u00e1i b\u00e1i l\u0101<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Chinese, \u201c88 b\u0101 b\u0101\u201d and “\u62dc\u62dcb\u00e1i b\u00e1i ” have similar pronunciations. \u201c6 liu \u201d sounds like \u201c\u5566la\u201d in Chinese which is a way to make the sentence sounds more casual<\/strong>. so 886 can mean \u201cLater\u201d or \u201cPeace out\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you share some fascinating Chinese slang terms<\/strong>? Feel free to leave a comment<\/strong> and let others guess their meaning<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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