sweetheart

Chinese translation: 甜心 or 心肝儿

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English term or phrase:	sweetheart
Chinese translation:	甜心 or 心肝儿
Entered by:	Smartrans He

00:56 Jan 18, 2002

English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: sweetheart

terms of endearment
Also, please provide transliteation asI cannot read Chinese

jaffrie

甜心 or 心肝儿

Explanation:
甜心 (tian2 xin1). 甜 means sweet; 心 means heart.
It is a direct translation of this English word. It sounds wired at the beginning but now more and more Chinese people accept it.

A more native equivalent is “心肝儿”(xin1 gan1). Literally it means heart and liver. It actually means sweetheart or baby when lovers refer to each other.

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Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 13:44

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甜心 or 心肝儿

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甜心 or 心肝儿

Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 13:44
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