Updated July 2026
What does 爱你老己 mean?
爱你老己 (ài nǐ lǎo jǐ) means love yourself (said goofily) in gen-z Chinese slang. A deliberately garbled way of saying "love yourself". The scrambled wording keeps a sincere sentiment from sounding preachy. Literally, it means "love your old self".
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Example
别管别人怎么说，爱你老己。
Bié guǎn biérén zěnme shuō, ài nǐ lǎo jǐ.
Never mind what anyone says — love yourself.
Where 爱你老己 comes from
A playful scramble of 爱你自己 ("love yourself"), with 老己 standing in for 自己. It is current 2025–26 internet phrasing, not standard Mandarin, so it belongs in casual writing only.
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