How to say “I like it” in Chinese
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Pinyin colour key: tone 1 (high flat), tone 2 (rising), tone 3 (dipping), tone 4 (falling), neutral.
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喜欢 ends in a neutral 欢, so the weight sits on the dipping 喜. Because 我 and 喜 are both third tones, 我 rises in connected speech: wó xǐhuan. Chinese usually names the thing rather than saying 'it': 我喜欢这个 (wǒ xǐhuan zhège), 'I like this'.
In a sentence
Zhè shǒu gē wǒ hěn xǐhuan.
I really like this song.
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How do you say "I like it" in Chinese?+
"I like it" in Mandarin Chinese is 我喜欢, pronounced wǒ xǐhuan. 喜欢 ends in a neutral 欢, so the weight sits on the dipping 喜. Because 我 and 喜 are both third tones, 我 rises in connected speech: wó xǐhuan. Chinese usually names the thing rather than saying 'it': 我喜欢这个 (wǒ xǐhuan zhège), 'I like this'.
What does 我喜欢 mean literally?+
我喜欢 breaks down as 我 (wǒ) = I, 喜欢 (xǐhuan) = to like. Together it means "I like it".
How do I get the tones right in wǒ xǐhuan?+
喜欢 ends in a neutral 欢, so the weight sits on the dipping 喜. Because 我 and 喜 are both third tones, 我 rises in connected speech: wó xǐhuan. Chinese usually names the thing rather than saying 'it': 我喜欢这个 (wǒ xǐhuan zhège), 'I like this'.
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