Why does the Chinese word for "Miss you" sound like
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想你

The Real Meaning

In Mandarin Chinese, the character 想你 (pronounced as xiǎng nǐ) actually translates to Miss you.

The Funny Part

想 literally means 'to think'. So 'I miss you' in Chinese is really 'I'm thinking you'. Poetic.

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想你 means 'I miss you'! xiǎng nǐ — literally 'thinking of you'. So poetic!