对面的女孩看过来 (duì miàn de nǚ hái kàn guò lái ) A girl standing opposite me looks over here

Imagine this: A beautiful and cool girl is standing opposite a young man. He puts on his new clothes, plays his guitar and sings his favorite songs to attract her attentions. Here is a song expressing a boy’s loneliness and complex feelings in this situation. It is a very popular Karaoke song in China!

Duìmiàn de nǚhái kàn guò lái
对面       的  女孩  看   过   来

A girl standing opposite me looks over here

Duìmiàn de nǚhái kàn guò lái
对面       的  女孩   看   过  来

A girl standing opposite me looks over here

Kàn guò lái, kàn guò lái
看    过  来，看  过  来   

Look over here, Look over here

Zhèlĭ de biáoyăn hěn jīngcăi
这里 的    表演    很   精彩

The performances here are wonderful

Qĭng búyào jiăzhuāng bù lĭ bù căi
请      不要      假装     不 理不 睬

Please don’t pretend to be cold

Duìmiàn de nǚhái kàn guò lái
对面       的  女孩  看    过  来

A girl standing opposite me looks over here

Kàn guò lái, kàn guò lái
看   过   来，看  过  来

Look over here,  Look over here

Búyào bèi wŏ de yàngzi xià huài
不要    被  我 的    样子  吓  坏    

Don’t be scared by my appearance

Qíshí wŏ hěn kěài
其实  我  很  可爱

Actually I am very cute

Jìmò nánhái de bēiāi
寂寞  男孩   的  悲哀    

The single boys’ loneliness

Shuō chūlái, shuí míngbai
说      出来，谁    明白

Could never be cared even I share with people

Qiú qiú nĭ pāo gè mèiyăn guòlái
求   求  你  抛  个   媚眼   过来

Please girl, pay attention to me

hŏng hŏng wŏ dòu wŏ lè kāi huái
哄       哄     我  逗   我  乐 开   怀

and I’ll be very happy

Wŏ zuŏ kàn yòu kàn, shàng kàn xià kàn
我  左   看   右   看，  上     看   下  看

I keep looking around

Yuánlái měi gè nǚhái dōu bù jiăndān
原来      每  个  女孩   都   不  简单

And find that every girl is not so simple

Wŏ xiăng le yòu xiăng, wŏ cāi le yòu cāi
我    想   了  又    想， 我  猜  了 又  猜

I keep guessing girls’ minds

Nǚhái men de xīnshì hái zhēn qíguài
女孩    们   的  心事   还   真   奇怪

And find it is hard to get what these girls are thinking

Jìmò nánhái de cāngying pāi
寂寞  男孩   的   苍蝇   拍

The lonely boy’s fly paddle

zuŏ pāi pāi, yòu pāi pāi
左   拍  拍，右  拍  拍

is beating from right to left

Wèishénme háishì méi rén lái ài
为 什 么       还是  没 人  来  爱

Why is there no girl fall in love with me

Wú rén wèn jīn, zhēn wúnài
无   人  问   津，真    无奈

I am helpless with my loneliness

Duìmiàn de nǚhái kàn guò lái
对面       的  女孩  看   过  来

A girl standing opposite me looks over here

Kàn guò lái, kàn guò lái
看     过  来，看   过   来

Look over here, look over here

Jìmò nánhái qíng dòu chū kāi
寂寞  男孩     情    窦  初  开     

I am lonely and just arrived at my puberty

Xūyào nĭ gěi wŏ yìdiăn ài
需要   你 给  我  一点  爱

I need a girl’s love

Wŏ zuŏ kàn yòu kàn, shàng kàn xià kàn
我   左   看   右   看，   上    看  下  看

I keep looking around

Yuánlái měi gè nǚhái dōu bù jiăndān
原来     每  个 女孩    都   不  简单

And find that every girl is not so simple

Wŏ xiăng le yòu xiăng, wŏ cāi le yòu cāi
我   想    了 又     想， 我  猜 了  又  猜

I keep guessing girls’ minds

Nǚhái men de xīnshì hái zhēn qíguài
女孩     们   的 心事  还    真   奇怪

And find it is hard to get what these girls are thinking

Wŏ zuŏ kàn yòu kàn, shàng kàn xià kàn
我   左   看   右  看，    上    看  下  看

I keep looking around

Yuánlái měi gè nǚhái dōu bù jiăndān
原来      每  个  女孩   都   不  简单

And find that every girl is not so simple

Wŏ xiăng le yòu xiăng, wŏ cāi le yòu cāi
我     想  了 又    想，  我  猜  了 又  猜

I keep guessing girls’ minds

Nǚhái men de xīnshì hái zhēn qíguài
女孩    们    的  心事  还   真    奇怪

And find it is hard to get what these girls are thinking