520: A Chinese Love Word and Number to Know - Ninchanese

The Chinese love numbers and their hidden meanings ... communicating in numbers, you can also take it up a notch and tell your boo 5201314! 520:AChineseLoveWordandNumbertoKnow Ninchanese May20,2016 Todayis5.20Maythe20th.Itmayseemlikeanormaldayforyou,butforothers,especiallyinChina,todayisaveryspecialday!It’sadayoflove.Readontolearnhow520becameaChineseloveword! WhyistodaysospecialinChina? The20thofMayisaveryspecialdayfortheChinesebecausetheycelebrateloveonthisday!FortheChinese,todayislikeaValentine’sday. Duringthislovelyday,couplesgoonadateorspendtimetogether.Andforthosewhoaresingle,well,it’saperfecttimeforthemtobebraveandshowtheirlovetotheirmaincrush!Nobodycanresistadeclarationofloveatthisspecialevent! Howdid5.20cometoequalaChineselovewordthatsaysIloveyou? Talkingaboutthisspecialevent,youmaywonderwhyitoccursonthisdayandnotanotheroneinChinese.Theanswerisquitesimple.It’sallaboutthesounds.WhenyouwriteMay20thinnumbers,it’swritten5.20.Whenyoupronouncethenumbers5.2.0inChinese,五二零wǔèrlíng,theysoundveryclosetothewords我爱你wǒàinǐ.See?Theydon’tsoundthesame,buttheysoundquitesimilar,andthat’senough!TheChineseloveplaysonhomophonicwordsandnumberswithhiddenmeanings. 520originallystartedasaslangwordusedbytheChineseonlineasashortcuttosayIloveyouinChinese,likeILYinEnglish.ItthencametobeassociatedwiththedateMay20th(5.20),whichbecameaveryromanticday! Showyourlovewith520! TheChineselovenumbersandtheirhiddenmeanings TheChinesepeoplesurelovethisromanticday,astheyhavestrongbeliefsregardingnumbers.YoumayknowhowsomenumbersareconsideredluckyandsomeunauspiciousinChinese.Certainnumbercombinationsalsohavesecretmeanings. Forexample,didyouhearoftheweddingrecordsetinChinaon2012.12.12?InChina,tonsofcouplesgotmarriedonthatspecialdaybecauseitwassaidtobealuckydayforlovers.See,inChinese,youcanpronounce12一二yāoèr.(inChinese,whentalkingaboutaphonenumberorastreet,1ispronouncedyāoinsteadofyī).Thesoundofyāoèrisclosetothesoundof要爱yàoài,whichmeanstowantlove.So2012.12.12stoodfor“towantlove,towantlove,towantlove.”Whatalovelydaytogetmarried,huh?! 🏮NinchaneseisanincredibleappforlearningChinese!🏮 ”IactuallygraduatedfromtheUniversityofEdinburghwithaMAinChinese. I’veusedNinchanesedaily,andithashelpedmealot! “  –Connor,NinchaneseUser TryNinchanese,anaward-winningmethodtolearnChinesetoday: StartLearningNow Asfor520,itmeans我爱你wǒàinǐ,andisagreatChineselovewordtosaytoday(andwheneveryoucan)toyourlovedone.Whenyoudo,makesureyoupronounceeachwordindividually,becausesaying5五wǔand20二十èrshídoesn’tworkthesame!Also,becarefulnottomixitupwith250二百五èrbǎiwǔ,anothernumberwithaspecialmeaning,butthatmeanssomethingtotallydifferent!250èrbǎiwǔmeansidiot,stupid.Trustme;yourloverwon’tappreciateitif,insteadofsendingacute520(Iloveyou)textorsayingittothem,youwrite250.嘻嘻. Ifyouliketheideaofcommunicatinginnumbers,youcanalsotakeitupanotchandtellyourboo5201314!Why?520,youknow,istheChineselovewordtousetoday,and1314represents一生一世yīshēngyīshì(foralifetime).Soifyousay5201314,you’resayingIloveyouforalifetime.Soromantic,right?Adda么么哒tosendextraloveandaffection! Happy520loveday! Haveaniceandlovelydayfullof520andlove!Don’tforgettoshareyourloveasmuchasyoucan:todayandeverydayusing520,theChineselovewordispurrfectfortoday! TheNinchaTeam Stayintouchwithuson Facebook, Twitter,Instagram,andPinterest. TrythebestwaytolearnChinesetoday. Ninchaneseisfreetouse! Signupnow Relatedposts: 6waystoshowyourloveinChinese Catsayings:6purrfectquotesinChinese DiscountsinChinese:Don’tbefooledbythe折sign PopularChineseSlangExpression厉害了，我的歌！Lìhàilewǒdegē! Chineseculture,Vocabulary care,china,Chineseexpression,Chineseonline,Chinesesaying,Chinesevalentines,feelings,happiness,iheartyou,IloveyouinChinese,ILY,love,loveday,netizen,optimistic,romantic,slang Ninchanese520:AChineseLoveWordandNumbertoKnow05.20.2016 Sharethispost Previous Next 13comments Jointheconversation Pingback:Whatdoes520meaninChina? CassioPeia- May20,2018 What?Thisisridiculous.Butyeahwhatever… JunFu- May20,2019 Hahahahahtrue–yesridiculous. xie- May12,2019 thatwasahorriblewayofsayingitthrutextforsomeonewho’snotchinesewishyoucould’vesaidittomebeforemorepersonallybutstilldeariloveyoutooandimsorryforbeingoblivuouswhenyousent520.ifyourereadingthisthenweshouldbetogethersm yangchaojie- May20,2019 开心就好(Justhappy,loveisright) karding- May20,2019 Itsthedayofbetrayaltoo,HUsbandswiththeirmistressMarriedwomangoeswithanotherman ItsjustnormalinChina.Moralityissopoor.Whenevertheyfeelcomfortableevenitiswrong Pingback:Cosasignifica520?UnaltroSanValentinocinese|BRIDGINGCHINA DonHenryEdirisinghe- May20,2019 Jinfangismybestfriend.SheliveinChina.I’mDonHenryEdirisinghe.FromSriLanka.Iworkinconstructionfirm. Rajeev- May23,2019 Youaretellingthatweuse我爱你attheplaceof五二零.Why?So,Why520,itiswrong.Isn’tit!! Ninchanese- June3,2019 Yes,that’sit.Itsoundsalmostthesame,butwithnumbersandChinesearefondofluckynumbers.🙂 Pingback:AfterlifeCommunication:NumbersandDates|AfterlifeCommunication|PaisleyandPoppies Michelle- August26,2019 WhatarethenumberequivalentsinChineseof:brain,mind,thoughts,think,head? Pingback:520Quotes-Wolfiesfighters Commentsareclosed. Gotomobileversion