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Pinyin
ài
Definition
to love / affection / to be fond of / to like
爱
Ài
(verb)
1. 对人或事物有深厚真挚的感情 ([En.] love)
Example: 友爱 (friendly affection); 挚爱 (deep love); 热爱 (passionate love).
2. 男女间有情 ([En.] romantic love)
Example: 结发为夫妻,恩爱两不疑 (Married for life, love and trust without doubts).
3. 喜好 ([En.] like; be fond of)
Example: 爱唱歌 (fond of singing).
4. 爱护 ([En.] care for)
Example: 爱护动物 (care for animals).
5. 常常发生某种行为,容易发生某种变化 ([En.] be apt to; be in the habit of)
Example: 爱发脾气 (tend to lose temper).
6. 爱惜,珍惜 ([En.] treasure; cherish)
Example: 爱惜生命 (treasure life).
7. 舍不得; 吝惜 ([En.] stint; grudge)
Example: 爱吝 (be stingy).
8. 贪 ([En.] be greedy for)
Example: 爱钱 (greedy for money).
9. 友爱 ([En.] friendly affection)
Example: 兄爱弟敬 (brothers love and respect each other).
10. 怜悯、怜恤、同情 ([En.] take pity on)
Example: 若爱重伤,则如勿伤 (If you pity the wounded, then do no harm).
爱
Ài
(noun)
1. 惠; 仁爱 ([En.] favor; kindheartedness)
Example: 爱惠 (kindness and grace).
2. 尊称对方的女儿为“令爱” ([En.] daughter)
Example: 令爱 (your esteemed daughter).
3. 姓 ([En.] surname)
Example: 爱 is a surname.
friendly affection / fraternal love
to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
to love one's country / patriotic
to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom) / snobbish
(romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair
to show tenderness / to coo over / affection
to have tender affection for / to love tenderly / to pamper sb
to court / to go steady / to be dating
uranism / urningism / uranianism
romance / love (romantic) / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4]
to cherish / to treasure / to use sparingly
to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes
to love tenderly / affection / loving care / to caress
to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect
support the government and cherish the people
to be partial towards sth / to favor / to prefer / preference / favorite
patriotic overseas Chinese
to spoil / to pamper / to dote on
variant of 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4]