Dating in China in Just 6 Words

Date Night China shares stories and experiences on dating and relationships in China, which can encompass a whole spectrum of experiences and emotions. These experiences can often be funny, romantic, awkward, compassionate, serious, sexy, heart-breaking, sensitive, insightful, and everything in between. 

Read more: 50 Best Stories About Dating & Relationships in China

But this time we wanted to know how you would describe dating in China in just 6 words! How do you sum up it up with a word limit? We asked and China daters answered!

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The winners and runner ups for Dating in China in Just 6 Words:

• A Western 4 but China 10

• Three degrees, not six, of separation

• A: Yay! It's almost Valentine's Day!
  

  B: Again?

• Dating pool = my friend's friend's friends

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Other answers we received:

• Aren't foreigners supposed to be open?

• Welcome to learning about cultural differences

• Jealousy is definitely a love language

• Do you like my d*ck pic?

• Sex x 6

• 你能吃辣了吗？ 

• Sweeties, sex-pots, gold diggers galore!

• Not worth the trouble, I’ve tried

• Great if you have yellow fever

• Gone around the pond many times

• I like to waste my time

• 你会用筷子吗？

• 我要跟你结婚！

• Cycling partners, cheating and entanglements

• Enough online chatting; meet in person!

• Tinder and Tantan: they both suck

• Will you buy me an apartment?

• 讨厌！宝宝生气！

• We’d be strangers but for COVID

• One size does not fit all

• Let's be friends or get married

• So when was your last relationship?

• 每个月挣多少？

• 混血儿很漂亮

• Happens when you least expect it

• Don’t invest emotionally first before them

• Go with your heart, not rules

• 中国发展很快

• Meeting arranged by parents didn’t work

• First date: Do you want kids?

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What do you think? Cringy but accurate? Cynical yet honest? Let us know what other 6 words you would use to describe dating in China in the comments below!

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