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After reading this article, you will learn how to say “I miss you” in Mandarin Chinese - just follow the simple steps below!

Steps

1. 1 Understand the tones. First of all, you should know that there are four tones in the Mandarin dialect of the Chinese language (in fact, there are five of them, but the latter is used very rarely).
   • The first tone option (high flat) sounds exactly the same as when singing "la ~".
   • The second tone (ascending) sounds like a question about something. For example: "How are you?" - "Okay, what about you?"
   • The third tone is descending-ascending. For example: "Eh-hey?" On the first syllable, intonation decreases, and on the second, it goes up.
   • The fourth tone is sharply descending. For example: "Hello!", "Stop!"
2. 2 The phrase “I miss you” in Mandarin Chinese is written like this:«我想你»... It is pronounced approximately like this: "Wo shan ni".
3. 3 "I" ("in") is pronounced in the third tone.
4. 4 The word “miss”, which is pronounced “shan”, uses the third tone. But often (since it is followed by a word in the third tone) it is also pronounced in the second tone.
5. 5 "For you" ("no") is pronounced in the third tone.
6. 6 Here are four ways to say “I miss you” in Chinese.
   • I love you: 我 爱 你 wǒ ài nǐ
   • I like you: 我 喜欢 你 wǒ xǐ huān nǐ
   • I miss you: 我 想 你 wǒ xiǎng nǐ
   • I need / need you: 我 需要 你 wǒ xū yào nǐ
   SPECIALIST'S ADVICE

   

   Godspeed chen

   
   
   Translator and Native Chinese Godspeed Chen is a professional translator from China. Has been working in translation and localization for over 15 years.

   Godspeed chen
   Chinese translator and native speaker

   Use common phrases to say “I miss you” in Mandarin. Chinese native Godspitch Chen says, “In most of North and West China (and that's where Mandarin is spoken), 'I miss you' they say: 我 想 你 (wǒ xiāng nǐ), - or like this: 我 好想 你 (wǒ hǎo xiāng nǐ)».

Tips

• It will be much more effective to ask a native Chinese person to give you some lessons than just reading what is written here.

Warnings

• Please note that all words of this expression are pronounced in the third tone, but the second word ("miss") should be pronounced in the second tone.