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]

Coffee on the left bank of the Seine

I hold a cup, savoring your beauty

Mouth leaving a kiss mark, whoo

Roses from the flower shop, whose name was misspelled

Confession balloons, the wind carries them across the street

Smiles soaring in the sky

You say you're a bit hard to chase, hoping I'll realize it's difficult and back off

Gifts don't have to be the most expensive, just a leaf from the Champs-Élysées

Creating a romantic date, unafraid of messing it all up

Having you means having the whole world

Dear, I've fallen in love with you from that day

The sweetness comes so easily

Dear, don't be stubborn, your eyes

are saying "I do"

Coffee on the left bank of the Seine

I hold a cup, savoring your beauty

Mouth leaving a kiss mark, whoo

Roses from the flower shop, whose name was misspelled

Confession balloons, the wind carries them across the street

Smiles soaring in the sky

You say you're a bit hard to chase, hoping I'll realize it's difficult and back off

Gifts don't have to be the most expensive, just a leaf from the Champs-Élysées

Creating a romantic date, unafraid of messing it all up

Having you means having the whole world

Dear, I've fallen in love with you from that day

The sweetness comes so easily

Dear, don't be stubborn, your eyes

are saying "I do"

Dear, falling in love with you, love diary

Memories scented with perfume

A whole bottle of dreams, all of them contain you

Stirred together

Dear, don't be stubborn, your eyes

are saying "I do"

...

[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".