| 戀 | [ liàn ] to feel attached to, to long for, to love |
| 戀人 | [ liàn rén ] lover, sweetheart |
| 戀家 | [ liàn jiā ] home-loving, to feel a strong attachment to home life, to begrudge being away from home |
| 戀屍癖 | [ liàn shī pǐ ] necrophilia |
| 戀念 | [ liàn niàn ] to have a sentimental attachment to (a place), to miss (one's ancestral home etc), to be nostalgic about |
| 戀情 | [ liàn qíng ] romantic love |
| 戀愛 | [ liàn aì ] (romantic) love, CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3], in love, to have an affair |
| 戀慕 | [ liàn mù ] to be enamored of, to have tender feelings for, to be sentimentally attached to (a person or place) |
| 戀戀 | [ liàn liàn ] reluctant (to leave, to let go etc) |
| 戀戀不捨 | [ liàn liàn bù shě ] reluctant to part |
| 戀戰 | [ liàn zhàn ] to zealously continue fighting |
| 戀棧 | [ liàn zhàn ] to be reluctant to give up a post |
| 戀歌 | [ liàn gē ] love song |
| 戀母情結 | [ liàn mǔ qíng jié ] Oedipus complex |
| 戀父情結 | [ liàn fù qíng jié ] Electra complex |
| 戀物 | [ liàn wù ] (sexual) fetishism |
| 戀物狂 | [ liàn wù kuáng ] (sexual) fetishism |
| 戀物癖 | [ liàn wù pǐ ] (sexual) fetishism |
| 戀童犯 | [ liàn tóng fàn ] pedophile |
| 戀童癖 | [ liàn tóng pǐ ] pedophilia, pedophile |
| 戀腳癖 | [ liàn pǐ ] foot fetish |
| 戀腳癖者 | [ liàn pǐ zhě ] foot fetishist |
| 戀舊 | [ liàn jiù ] see 懷舊|怀旧[huai2 jiu4] |
| 戀舊情結 | [ liàn jiù qíng jié ] dwelling on the past, difficulty in adapting to changes |
| 戀足癖 | [ liàn zú pǐ ] foot fetish |
| ⇒ 三角戀愛 | [ sān liàn aì ] love triangle |
| ⇒ 依戀 | [ yī liàn ] to be fondly attached to, to not wish to part with, to cling to |
| ⇒ 初戀 | [ chū liàn ] first love |
| ⇒ 初戀感覺 | [ chū liàn gǎn jué ] feelings of first love |
| ⇒ 同性戀 | [ tóng xìng liàn ] homosexuality, gay person, gay love |
| ⇒ 同性戀恐懼症 | [ tóng xìng liàn kǒng jù zhèng ] homophobia |
| ⇒ 同性戀者 | [ tóng xìng liàn zhě ] homosexual, gay person |
| ⇒ 單戀 | [ dān liàn ] unrequited love, one-sided love |
| ⇒ 失戀 | [ shī liàn ] to lose one's love, to break up (in a romantic relationship), to feel jilted |
| ⇒ 姐弟戀 | [ jiě dì liàn ] love between an older woman and a younger man |
| ⇒ 婚外戀 | [ hūn waì liàn ] see 婚外情[hun1 wai4 qing2] |
| ⇒ 婚戀 | [ hūn liàn ] love and marriage |
| ⇒ 孌童戀 | [ luán tóng liàn ] pederasty |
| ⇒ 思戀 | [ sī liàn ] to miss, to long for |
| ⇒ 性物戀 | [ xìng wù liàn ] (sexual) fetishism |
| ⇒ 愛戀 | [ aì liàn ] in love with, to feel deeply attached to |
| ⇒ 戀戀 | [ liàn liàn ] reluctant (to leave, to let go etc) |
| ⇒ 戀戀不捨 | [ liàn liàn bù shě ] reluctant to part |
| ⇒ 早戀 | [ zaǒ liàn ] to be in love when one is too young, puppy love |
| ⇒ 暗戀 | [ àn liàn ] to be secretly in love with |
| ⇒ 棧戀 | [ zhàn liàn ] sentimental attachment to a person or place |
| ⇒ 泛性戀 | [ fàn xìng liàn ] pansexuality |
| ⇒ 熱戀 | [ rè liàn ] to fall head over heels in love, to be passionately in love |
| ⇒ 生無可戀 | [ shēng wú kě liàn ] (Internet slang) nothing left to live for |
| ⇒ 留戀 | [ liú liàn ] reluctant to leave, to hate to have to go, to recall fondly |
| ⇒ 異地戀 | [ yì dì liàn ] long-distance romance, long-distance relationship |
| ⇒ 異性戀 | [ yì xìng liàn ] heterosexuality, heterosexual love |
| ⇒ 異性戀主義 | [ yì xìng liàn zhǔ yì ] heterosexism |
| ⇒ 相戀 | [ xiāng liàn ] to love each other |
| ⇒ 眷戀 | [ juàn liàn ] to miss, to long for, to remember with longing, yearning |
| ⇒ 移情別戀 | [ yí qíng bié liàn ] change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love, to fall in love with sb else |
| ⇒ 網戀 | [ wǎng liàn ] online love affair, cyberdate, Internet dating |
| ⇒ 老馬戀棧 | [ laǒ mǎ liàn zhàn ] lit. the old horse loves his stable, fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom) |
| ⇒ 自戀 | [ zì liàn ] narcissism |
| ⇒ 虐戀 | [ nvè liàn ] sadomasochism |
| ⇒ 談戀愛 | [ tán liàn aì ] to court, to go steady, to be dating |
| ⇒ 貪戀 | [ tān liàn ] to cling to, to be reluctant to give up (sth), to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) |
| ⇒ 迷戀 | [ mí liàn ] to be infatuated with, to be enchanted by, to be passionate about |
| ⇒ 雙性戀 | [ shuāng xìng liàn ] bisexual, bisexuality |
| ⇒ 駑馬戀棧 | [ nú mǎ liàn zhàn ] an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom) |
| ⇒ 駑馬戀棧豆 | [ nú mǎ liàn zhàn doù ] see 駑馬戀棧|驽马恋栈[nu2 ma3 lian4 zhan4] |
| ⇒ 黃昏戀 | [ huáng hūn liàn ] fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple, falling in love in the autumn of one's life |