| 浪漫 | làng màn | romantic |   |
| 风流 | fēng liú | distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose | |
| 罗曼蒂克 | luó màn dì kè | romantic (loanword) | |
| 香艳 | xiāng yàn | alluring / erotic / romantic | |
| 罗曼带克 | luō màn dài kè | romantic (loanword) | |
| 言情 | yán qíng | (of a movie, novel etc) romantic / sentimental | |
| 言情小说 | yán qíng xiǎo shuō | romance novel / romantic fiction | |
| 失恋 | shī liàn | to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted | |
| 恋情 | liàn qíng | romantic love | |
| 灵犀 | líng xī | rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers / fig. mutual sensitivity / tacit exchange of romantic feelings / a meeting of minds | |
| 谈情说爱 | tán qíng shuō ài | to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship | |
| 漏电 | lòu diàn | to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4] | |
| 艳情 | yàn qíng | romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) | |
| 劈腿 | pī tuǐ | to do the splits (gymnastics) / two-timing (in romantic relationships) | |
| 爱情喜剧 | ài qíng xǐ jù | romantic comedy | |
| 普希金 | Pǔ xī jīn | Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet | |
| 勃拉姆斯 | Bó lā mǔ sī | Brahms (name) / Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer | |
| 黄昏恋 | huáng hūn liàn | fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life | |
| 月下花前 | yuè xià huā qián | lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings | |
| 骑马找马 | qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ | (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one | |
| 舒曼 | Shū màn | Schumann (name) / Robert Schumann (1810-1856), romantic composer | |
| 华兹华斯 | huá zī huá sī | surname Wordsworth / William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English romantic poet | |
| 柏辽兹 | Bó liáo zī | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique | |
| 司各特 | Sī gè tè | Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist | |
| 满点 | mǎn diǎn | full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc) | |
| 绮梦 | qǐ mèng | pleasant and romantic dream | |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 | |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | yuān yang hú dié pài | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists | |
| 二人世界 | èr rén shì jiè | world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world | |
| 埃克托・柏辽兹 | Aī kè tuō · Bó liáo zī | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique | |
| 风流佳话 | fēng liú jiā huà | romance / romantic affair | |
| 珀西・比希・雪莱 | Pò xī · Bǐ xī · Xuě lái | Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet | |
| 珀西·比希·雪莱 | Pò xī · Bǐ xī · Xuě lái | Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet | |
| 埃克托·柏辽兹 | Aī kè tuō · Bó liáo zī | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique | |
| CP | C P | an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling") | |
| 劈腿 | pǐ tuǐ | to do the splits (gymnastics) / (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships) / Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3] | |
| 渣男 | zhā nán | (coll.) jerk / scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) | |
| 母胎solo | mǔ tāi s o l o | (slang) never been in a romantic relationship | |
| 母胎单身 | mǔ tāi dān shēn | never been in a romantic relationship | |
| 霸道总裁 | bà dào zǒng cái | handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status) | |
| 骑驴找马 | qí lu:2 zhǎo mǎ | (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one | |
| 橘味 | jú wèi | tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) | |
