<p>Absolutely readable! Why did you ask? You did a good job. First character is wrong though. It should be 新 (xin) not 亲 (qin). 新means “new”， 亲means “my dear” or “Love” “babe” or .... many many other meanings but “new”. People will understand it, just a bit fanny.  Your handwriting is absolutely readable.  </p>

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Andy
<p>Your characters are very readable, but I think you wrote the wrong first character. Looks like you meant to write 新 but you only wrote 亲 (the left side of 新). 亲 is like "beloved" or "dear", but 新 is "new" (as in "New year").</p>

<p>Even still, it's quite obvious what you meant.</p>

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<p>EDIT: I had originally made the comment that:</p>

<p>"You also forgot 2 strokes on 愛 if you were meaning to write the traditional form or you have a 2 extra strokes if you were meaning the simplified form (爱)."</p>

<p>However, droooze pointed out in the comments that the "extra strokes" are just the left and right pieces of 冖. The fact that they are quite disconnected from the 一 is what had me confused.</p>

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`2 extra strokes if you were meaning the simplified form (爱)` could you point the two extra strokes out? If you're talking about the two small marks on either side, I think the OP was trying to draw the「冖」part. Don't confuse「爱」with「爰」, they're two different characters.
dROOOze
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@droooze Now that you point it out, I think you're definitely right. I had just assumed those middle dots were part of the 心, but they are, as you said, mostly likely part of the 冖. I've updated my answer.
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<p>I am trying to write a cute card for my Chinese girlfriend. But I speak no Chinese. Can you read what I wrote below? Is my handwriting OK?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/aH4kn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/aH4kn.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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use Google Translate, input "happy New year, I love you" and set translate to Chinese,  you will get the characters you wanted "新年快乐，我爱你"
Tang Ho
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Are my chinese characters readable?
# Are my chinese characters readable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-07)

I am trying to write a cute card for my Chinese girlfriend. But I speak no Chinese. Can you read what I wrote below? Is my handwriting OK?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/aH4kn.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/aH4kn.jpg)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: use Google Translate, input "happy New year, I love you" and set translate to Chinese,  you will get the characters you wanted "新年快乐，我爱你"  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-02-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Your characters are very readable, but I think you wrote the wrong first character. Looks like you meant to write 新 but you only wrote 亲 (the left side of 新). 亲 is like "beloved" or "dear", but 新 is "new" (as in "New year").

Even still, it's quite obvious what you meant.

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EDIT: I had originally made the comment that:

"You also forgot 2 strokes on 愛 if you were meaning to write the traditional form or you have a 2 extra strokes if you were meaning the simplified form (爱)."

However, username_4 pointed out in the comments that the "extra strokes" are just the left and right pieces of 冖. The fact that they are quite disconnected from the 一 is what had me confused.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: `2 extra strokes if you were meaning the simplified form (爱)` could you point the two extra strokes out? If you're talking about the two small marks on either side, I think the OP was trying to draw the「冖」part. Don't confuse「爱」with「爰」, they're two different characters.  
> **username_3**: @username_4 Now that you point it out, I think you're definitely right. I had just assumed those middle dots were part of the 心, but they are, as you said, mostly likely part of the 冖. I've updated my answer.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-13. Score: 0

Absolutely readable! Why did you ask? You did a good job. First character is wrong though. It should be 新 (xin) not 亲 (qin). 新means “new”， 亲means “my dear” or “Love” “babe” or .... many many other meanings but “new”. People will understand it, just a bit fanny. Your handwriting is absolutely readable.


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