言情

yánqíng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 romantic (of fiction, film or TV)
  2. 2 romance (as a genre)

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zhuānmén xiě yánqíng.
She writes only romance.
HSK 7-9
Qióngyáo de yánqíng zuòpǐn yǐngxiǎng le hǎojǐ dài rén.
Chiung Yao's romance novels influenced several generations.

Tips

usage
言情 'speaking of love' labels the romance genre: 言情小说 'romance novel', 言情剧 'romantic drama'. On web-fiction sites it is the core of 女频, fiction aimed at women, which splits into 古言 'period romance' and 现言 'modern romance'.

Stroke Order

言 yán
情 qíng