See below for “Love You” by Kimberley Chen: lyrics, pinyin and detailed translation. Includes literal, colloquial, and singable English lyrics and video demos so that you can learn Chinese while you sing!
愛你 AINI by 陳芳語 Kimberley Chen Fang Yu:
- Lyrics by 黃祖蔭 Huáng Zǔyīn
- Music by Skot Suyama (陶山) and Kimberley Chen
- Sung by Kimberley Chen
A candy-sweet song with a creative music video, Kimberley Chen’s “AiNi” (that’s “Love You” in English) has over 100 million views on Youtube, and was the theme song to a 2012 Taiwanese drama, Fondant Garden.
Kimberley Chen Fang Yu is a professional Taiwanese-Australian singer who grew up Down Under and now works professionally in Taiwan. She participated in singing and modeling since she was a child and has trained in singing, dancing, and acting under JYP Entertainment, as well as participated in a mainland Chinese pop-group formation reality show, Produce 101.
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Original Lyrics / Pinyin / Translation
我閉上眼睛 貼著你心跳呼吸
Wǒ bì shàng yǎnjīng tiēzhe nǐ xīntiào hūxī
I’m closing my eyes listening to your heartbeat and breathing
而此刻地球 只剩我們而已
Ér cǐkè dìqiú zhǐ shèng wǒmen éryǐ
And at this moment, in this world, only you and I are left
你微笑的唇型 總勾著我的心
Nǐ wéixiào de chún xíng zǒng gōuzhe wǒ de xīn
The shape of your smile always hooks my heart
每一秒初吻 我每一秒都想要吻你
Měi yī miǎo chūwěn wǒ měi yī miǎo dōu xiǎng yào wěn nǐ
Every second is a first kiss, I want to kiss you every second
CHORUS
就這樣 愛你愛你愛你 隨時都要一起
Jiù zhèyàng ài nǐ ài nǐ ài nǐ suíshí dōu yào yīqǐ
Just like this, love you, love you, love you, we’ll be together every moment
我喜歡 愛你外套味道 還有你的懷裡
Wǒ xǐhuān ài nǐ wàitào wèidào hái yǒu nǐ de huái lǐ
I like to love the smell of your coat and being in your arms
把我們 衣服鈕扣互扣 那就不用分離
Bǎ wǒmen yīfú niǔkòu hù kòu nà jiù bùyòng fēnlí
Button our clothes together, and then we won’t have to separate
美好愛情 我就愛這樣貼近 因為你
Měihǎo àiqíng wǒ jiù ài zhèyàng tiējìn yīnwèi nǐ
A wonderful love, I just love to be close (to you) like this, because of you
有時沒生氣 故意鬧脾氣
Yǒu shí méi shēngqì gùyì nào píqì
Sometimes when I’m not mad, I throw a tantrum (act mad) on purpose
你的緊張在意 讓我覺得安心
Nǐ de jǐnzhāng zàiyì ràng wǒ juédé ānxīn
Your anxious concern makes me feel secure
從你某個角度 我總看見自己
Cóng nǐ mǒu gè jiǎodù wǒ zǒng kànjiàn zìjǐ
From a certain angle of yours, I always end up seeing myself
到底你懂我 或其實我本來就像你
Dàodǐ nǐ dǒng wǒ huò qíshí wǒ běnlái jiù xiàng nǐ
Is that because you understand me, or because I was like you from the beginning?
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
想變成你的氧氣 溜進你身體裡
Xiǎng biànchéng nǐ de yǎngqì liū jìn nǐ shēntǐ lǐ
Want to turn into the oxygen you breathe, flowing into your body
好好看看在你心裡
Hǎohǎo kàn kàn zài nǐ xīnlǐ
Want to take a good look in your heart
你有多麼寶貝 我愛你
Nǐ yǒu duōme bǎobèi wǒ ài nǐ
Just how precious you are, I love you
REPEAT CHORUS
我們愛情 會一直沒有距離 最美麗
Wǒmen àiqíng huì yīzhí méiyǒu jùlí zuì měilì
Our love will forever be this close, and (it will) be the most beautiful
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Lyrics in Colloquial English
I just want to love you, love you, love you, and be with you always. I love the smell of your coat and the way you hold me in your arms. If we button our clothes together, we will never be separated. Our love is so wonderful, I just want to stick close to you, because of you.
I want to become the oxygen that you breathe, flowing into your body. I want to take a good look into your heart; how precious you are to me! I love you.
Our love will be forever this close and this beautiful.
Lyrics Explained
我閉上眼睛 貼著你心跳呼吸
Wǒ bì shàng yǎnjīng tiēzhe nǐ xīntiào hūxī
I’m closing my eyes listening to your heartbeat and breathing
- 我 / 閉上 / 眼睛 / 貼著 / 你 / 心跳 / 呼吸 = I / close / eyes / stick to / you(r) / heartbeat / breathing
而此刻地球 只剩我們而已
Ér cǐkè dìqiú zhǐ shèng wǒmen éryǐ
And at this moment, in this world, only you and I are left
- 而 / 此刻 / 地球 / 只 / 剩 / 我們 / 而已 = And / this moment / the world / only / left (behind) (or remain) / us / only
你微笑的唇型 總勾著我的心
Nǐ wéixiào de chún xíng zǒng gōuzhe wǒ de xīn
The shape of your smile always hooks my heart
- 你 / 微笑的 / 唇 / 型 / 總 / 勾著 / 我的 / 心 = Your / smiling / lip / shape / always ends up / hooking / my / heart
每一秒初吻 我每一秒都想要吻你
Měi yī miǎo chūwěn wǒ měi yī miǎo dōu xiǎng yào wěn nǐ
Every second is a first kiss, I want to kiss you every second
- 每一秒 / 初 / 吻 / 我 / 每一秒 / 都 / 想要 / 吻 / 你 = Every second / first / kiss / I / every second / all / want (to) / kiss / you
CHORUS
就這樣 愛你愛你愛你 隨時都要一起
Jiù zhèyàng ài nǐ ài nǐ ài nǐ suíshí dōu yào yīqǐ
Just like this, love you, love you, love you, we’ll be together every moment
- 就 / 這樣 / 愛你 愛你 愛你 / 隨時 / 都要 / 一起 = Just / in this manner / love you, love you, love you / any time / always want (to) / (be) together
我喜歡 愛你外套味道 還有你的懷裡
Wǒ xǐhuān ài nǐ wàitào wèidào hái yǒu nǐ de huái lǐ
I like to love the smell of your coat and being in your arms
- 我 / 喜歡 / 愛你 / 外套 / 味道 / 還有 / 你的 / 懷裡 = I / like / love you / jacket (or coat) / smell / and also / your / arms (or: in your embrace)
把我們 衣服鈕扣互扣 那就不用分離
Bǎ wǒmen yīfú niǔkòu hù kòu nà jiù bùyòng fēnlí
Button our clothes together, and then we won’t have to separate
- 把我們 / 衣服 / 鈕扣互扣 / 那就 / 不用 / 分離 = (Take) our / clothes / button buttons together / and then / don’t need to / separate
美好愛情 我就愛這樣貼近 因為你
Měihǎo àiqíng wǒ jiù ài zhèyàng tiējìn yīnwèi nǐ
A wonderful love, I just love to be close (to you) like this, because of you
- 美好 / 愛情 / 我 / 就 / 愛 / 這樣 / 貼近 / 因為 / 你 = Wonderful / love / I / just / love / like this / sticking (close) / because / you
有時沒生氣 故意鬧脾氣
Yǒu shí méi shēngqì gùyì nào píqì
Sometimes when I’m not mad, I throw a tantrum (act mad) on purpose
- 有時 / 沒 / 生氣 / 故意 / 鬧脾氣 = Sometimes / not / angry / on purpose / throw a tantrum
你的緊張在意 讓我覺得安心
Nǐ de jǐnzhāng zàiyì ràng wǒ juédé ānxīn
Your anxious concern makes me feel secure
- 你的 / 緊張 / 在意 / 讓我 / 覺得 / 安心 = Your / nervous / attention (or care) / lets me / feel / peace+heart = secure
從你某個角度 我總看見自己
Cóng nǐ mǒu gè jiǎodù wǒ zǒng kànjiàn zìjǐ
From a certain angle of yours, I always end up seeing myself
- 從 / 你 / 某個 / 角度 / 我 / 總 / 看見 / 自己 = From / you(r) / certain / angle / I / always end up / seeing / myself
到底你懂我 或其實我本來就像你
Dàodǐ nǐ dǒng wǒ huò qíshí wǒ běnlái jiù xiàng nǐ
Is that because you understand me, or because I was like you from the beginning?
- 到底 / 你 / 懂 / 我 / 或 / 其實 / 我 / 本來 / 就像 / 你 = In the end / you / understand / me / or / actually / I / from the start (originally) / was like / you
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
想變成你的氧氣 溜進你身體裡
Xiǎng biànchéng nǐ de yǎngqì liū jìn nǐ shēntǐ lǐ
Want to turn into the oxygen you breathe, flowing into your body
- 想 / 變成 / 你的 / 氧氣 / 溜進 / 你 / 身體 / 裡 = Want to / turn into / your / oxygen / flow into / you(r) / body / inside
好好看看在你心裡
Hǎohǎo kàn kàn zài nǐ xīnlǐ
Want to take a good look in your heart
- 好好看看 / 在 / 你 / 心 / 裡 = Take a good look / in / you(r) / heart / inside
你有多麼寶貝 我愛你
Nǐ yǒu duōme bǎobèi wǒ ài nǐ
Just how precious you are, I love you
- 你 / 有多麼 / 寶貝 / 我愛你 = You / how much / precious / I love you
REPEAT CHORUS
我們愛情 會一直沒有距離 最美麗
Wǒmen àiqíng huì yīzhí méiyǒu jùlí zuì měilì
Our love will forever be this close, and (it will) be the most beautiful
- 我們 / 愛情 / 會 / 一直 / 沒有 / 距離 / 最 / 美麗 = Our / love / will / always / not have / distance / most / beautiful
Singable English Lyrics
I’m closing my eyes listening to your breathing
As if all have disappeared ‘cept you and me
The shape of your grin draws me in, and my heart’s beat-
-ing only for you, every kiss like the first one to me
CHORUS
Just want to love you, love you, love you, with you I’ll always be
I love the smell of your coat and when you embrace me tightly
If we button our clothes together, then you will never leave
This love that we share is so close to you and to me
Sometimes I act mad when I’m not that angry
And your instant concern makes me feel so relieved
It’s so interesting, through your eyes, I myself see
Is that because I’ve been like you right from the beginning?
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Wanna be the air you breathe, flowing in your body
Want you to take a look and see
Just how precious you’ve become to me
CHORUS
Our love will be forever this close and this lovely
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