How to say I miss you in Chinese

 1  Learn the intonations. First of all, you must know that there are 4 intonations in Mandarin Chinese. (There are actually 5, but the last one is not used that often).

学音调。首先，你必须知道中文里有4个音调

• The first one sounds flat like when you sing "la~".

• 第一声是平的，就像你唱“la~”那样。

• The second one sounds like going up, like asking something. For example, "How are you?" "I'm fine, and you?" The second "you" sounds like the second intonation for Mandarin.

• 第二声发音时音调升上去，就像问问题一样。比如“how are you?”, “I’m fine, and you?”。第二个“you”听起来像中文中的第二声

• The third one goes down then up. For example, "He-eh?" The first syllable goes down, the second comes up.

• 第三声音调先下后上。比如“He-eh?”，第一个音节的音调压下去，第二个音节的音调上调。

• The fourth one goes straight down. For example, "Hey!" "Stop!"

• 第四声的音调直接压下去。就像“hey!” “stop!”。

2  The word for "I miss you" is written "我想你" Pronounced: Wo Shiang ni

“I miss you”的中文字是“我想你”。发音是“Wo Shiang ni”。

3  The word "I" is "Wo" and it is the third intonation

“I”的中文拼音是“wo”，发第三声。

4  The word "miss", which is pronounced "shiang" is also the third intonation. But since the following word is also going to be in the third intonation, it is often spoken as the second one.

 “miss”的拼音是“shiang”，也是第三声。因为“shiang”后面的字也是第三声，所以，这里的“shiang”通常发第二声。

5 The word "you" is "ni" is again, the third intonation.

5 “you” 的拼音是“ni”, 也发第三声。

6 Learn four ways to say "I miss you" in Chinese.

用以下四种方法用中文说“I miss you”。

• 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 you 我需要你 wǒ xū yào nǐ