告白氣球 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周杰倫

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Jay Chou's "告白氣球" (Love Confession), a captivating R&B-pop song that will charm you with its sweet melody and heartfelt lyrics. This song offers a beautiful entry point to learning Mandarin, as its clear and evocative storytelling about courtship and sincere affection is easy to follow. Discover the poetic expressions of love in Chinese, all set against a backdrop of Parisian romance, making your language learning journey both enchanting and memorable.

[English]

By the Seine, coffee on the left bank

A cup in my hand, savoring your beauty

Lips that leave a mark, whoo

A rose from the shop, the name misspelled, who cares?

Confession balloons, blown across the street

Smiling as they fly in the sky

You say you’re hard to chase, hoping I’ll back away

Gifts don’t need to be pricey, just the fallen leaves of Champs-Élysées

Creating a romantic date, not afraid to mess it all up

With you, I own the whole world

Darling, I’ve loved you since that day

Sweetness comes so easily

Darling, don’t be stubborn, your eyes

Are saying you’re willing

By the Seine, coffee on the left bank

A cup in my hand, savoring your beauty

Lips that leave a mark, whoo

A rose from the shop, the name misspelled, who cares?

Confession balloons, blown across the street

Smiling as they fly in the sky

You say you’re hard to chase, hoping I’ll back away

Gifts don’t need to be pricey, just the fallen leaves of Champs-Élysées

Creating a romantic date, not afraid to mess it all up

With you, I own the whole world

Darling, I’ve loved you since that day

Sweetness comes so easily

Darling, don’t be stubborn, your eyes

Are saying you’re willing

Darling, I’ve loved you, a love diary

Memories scented with perfume

A whole bottle of dreams, all about you

Stirred together

Darling, don’t be stubborn, your eyes

Are saying you’re willing

...

[Chinese]

塞納河畔 左岸的咖啡

我手一杯 品嚐你的美

留下唇印的嘴 whoo

花店玫瑰 名字寫錯誰

告白氣球 風吹到對街

微笑在天上飛

你說你有點難追 想讓我知難而退

禮物不需挑最貴 只要香榭的落葉

營造浪漫的約會 不害怕搞砸一切

擁有你就擁有 全世界

親愛的 愛上你 從那天起

甜蜜的很輕易

親愛的 別任性 你的眼睛

在說我願意

塞納河畔 左岸的咖啡

我手一杯 品嚐你的美

留下唇印的嘴 whoo

花店玫瑰 名字寫錯誰

告白氣球 風吹到對街

微笑在天上飛

你說你有點難追 想讓我知難而退

禮物不需挑最貴 只要香榭的落葉

營造浪漫的約會 不害怕搞砸一切

擁有你就擁有 全世界

親愛的 愛上你 從那天起

甜蜜的很輕易

親愛的 別任性 你的眼睛

在說我願意

親愛的 愛上你 戀愛日記

飄香水的回憶

一整瓶 的夢境 全都有你

攪拌在一起

親愛的別任性 你的眼睛

在說我願意

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
告白 /kào bái/ B1	verb - to confess feelings
氣球 /qì qiú/ A2	noun - balloon
左岸 /zuǒ àn/ B2	noun - left bank (of a river)
品嚐 /pǐn cháng/ B1	verb - to taste
玫瑰 /méi guī/ A2	noun - rose
微笑 /wēi xiào/ A1	verb - to smile
難追 /nán zhuī/ B1	adjective - hard to pursue
禮物 /lǐ wù/ A1	noun - gift
落葉 /luò yè/ A2	noun - fallen leaves
浪漫 /langen/ A2	adjective - romantic
約會 /yuē huì/ A1	noun - date
搞砸 /gǎo zhá/ B1	verb - to mess up
甜蜜 /tián mì/ A2	adjective - sweet
任性 /rèn xìng/ B1	adjective - willful
飄 /piāo/ A2	verb - to float
香水 /xiāng shuǐ/ A1	noun - perfume

Key Grammar Structures

• 你說你有點難追 想讓我知難而退

  ➔ Causative construction: 想 + 讓 + object + verb

  ➔ The phrase "想" + "讓" uses "讓" to indicate making someone do something: "想讓**我**…"

• 禮物不需挑最貴 只要香榭的落葉

  ➔ Negative‑necessity + only‑requirement pattern: 不需…只要…

  ➔ "不需" expresses "no need to", while "只要" means "only need" – together they contrast a negated action with a minimal requirement.

• 營造浪漫的約會 不害怕搞砸一切

  ➔ Negation with 不 + verb phrase; verb‑object phrase (搞砸) as a single action

  ➔ "不害怕" negates the verb "害怕"; "搞砸" is a verb‑object phrase meaning "to mess up".

• 擁有你就擁有全世界

  ➔ Resultative particle 就 indicating a logical consequence

  ➔ "就" links the two clauses, meaning "then" or "as a result" – "擁有你**就**擁有全世界".

• 親愛的 別任性 你的眼睛 在說我願意

  ➔ Prohibitive 別 + verb; progressive 在 + verb

  ➔ "別" before "任性" means "don’t be willful"; "在說" shows an ongoing action – "你的眼睛**在說**…".

• 告白氣球 風吹到對街

  ➔ Direction complement: V + 到 + location

  ➔ "風吹到對街" uses "到" after the verb "吹" to indicate the direction "to the opposite street".

• 留下唇印的嘴

  ➔ Nominalizer 的 turning a verb phrase into a noun phrase

  ➔ "留下唇印的**嘴**" uses "的" after the verb phrase "留下唇印" to turn it into an attributive modifier for "嘴".

• 塞納河畔 左岸的咖啡

  ➔ Attributive 的 linking a noun phrase to another noun

  ➔ "左岸的**咖啡**" – "的" attaches the noun phrase "左岸" to the noun "咖啡", forming "the coffee on the left bank".

• 一整瓶 的夢境 全都有你

  ➔ Quantifier + 的 + noun; 全都 indicating totality

  ➔ "一整瓶的**夢境**" – the quantifier "一整瓶" plus "的" forms a noun phrase; "全都有**你**" uses "全都" to mean "all of them have you".