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情人

qíng rén
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Common

Definitions

  1. 1. lover
  2. 2. sweetheart

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Usage notes

Common mistakes

In Mainland China, 情人 strongly implies an extramarital or illicit lover, not a legitimate spouse or fiancé(e).

Formality

情人节 (Valentine's Day) uses 情人 without the illicit connotation; context matters.

Example Sentences

3 shown
他和 情人 一起旅行。
He traveled with his lover.
湯姆有幾十個 情人 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 9135845)
情人 節該送什麼?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5833777)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.