爱 (愛) ài
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ài
verb
to love
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Love
Notes: For example, 爱财不爱命 'to love wealth more than life' (ABC 'ài' 爱 v 1; Kroll 2015 '愛' 1a; Mathews 1931 '愛' p. 2; NCCED '爱' 1; Suyu, p. 3; Unihan '愛') -
ài
noun
favor; grace; kindness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 恩惠 (Guoyu '愛' n 2; Kroll 2015 '愛' 1b) -
ài
noun
somebody who is loved
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '愛' n 3; Kroll 2015 '愛' 1c) -
ài
noun
love; affection
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Measure word: 种 (ABC 'ài' 爱 n 1; Guoyu '愛' n 1; Mathews 1931 '愛' p. 2) -
ài
verb
to like
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'ài' 爱 v 2; Guoyu '愛' v 1; Kroll 2015 '愛' 1; NCCED '爱' 3) -
ài
verb
to sympathize with; to pity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '愛' 2) -
ài
verb
to begrudge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '愛' v 2; Kroll 2015 '愛' 3) -
ài
verb
to do regularly; to have the habit of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'ài' 爱 v 4; Kroll 2015 '愛' 4; NCCED '爱' 4) -
ài
noun
my dear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Term of address for somebody else's daughter; same as 嬡 (Guoyu '愛' n 4) -
ài
proper noun
Ai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '愛' n 5) -
ài
adjective
loved; beloved
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '愛' adj 2)
Contained in
- 切爱(切愛) to love and care for
- 爱病(愛病) prone to falling sick
- 爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
- 爱国心(愛國心) a patriotic heart
- 罗洁爱尔之(羅潔愛爾之) Raziel, archangel in Judaism
- 最喜爱(最喜愛) favorite
- 爱国志士(愛國志士) patriot; a person with patriotic ideals
- 爱德玲(愛德玲) Adeline (name)
- 爱哭鬼(愛哭鬼) crybaby
- 爱子(愛子) beloved son
- 爱侣(愛侶) lovers
- 汎爱群生(汎愛群生) universal love for all living things
- 爱惜性命(愛惜性命) cling to life
- 爱臣(愛臣) favorite ministers
- 爱丽舍宫(愛麗捨宮) Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
- 爱耳日(愛耳日) Ear Care Day
- 抚爱(撫愛) to love tenderly; affection; loving care; to caress
- 宠爱(寵愛) to dote on somebody
- 爱他注意(愛他注意) altruism
- 爱情(愛情) romantic love
- 情爱(情愛) affection; love
- 爱称(愛稱) term of endearment; pet name; diminutive
- 关爱(關愛) to show concern and care for
- 神爱世人(神愛世人) the gods love the common people
- 恋爱(戀愛) to be in love; to have a love affair
- 爱斯基摩(愛斯基摩) Eskimo; Inuit
- 爱克斯光(愛克斯光) x-ray
- 爱意(愛意) love
- 割爱(割愛) to part with something cherished; to forsake
- 爱物儿(愛物兒) a cute thing
- 爱慕虚荣(愛慕虛榮) vain
- 爱国主义(愛國主義) patriotism
- 溺爱(溺愛) to spoil; to pamper; to dote on
- 兼爱(兼愛) to love all people ; universal love ; Universal Love
- 爱惜皮肉(愛惜皮肉) to love indulgence
- 爱死病(愛死病) AIDS
- 爱不忍释(愛不忍釋) to love something too much to part with it
- 谈情说爱(談情說愛) to discuss passion and talk of love
- 爱姬(愛姬) favored consort
- 亲爱(親愛) dear; beloved ; kinship and love
- 爱恤(愛恤) show sympath
- 爱民如子(愛民如子) love the people as one's own children
Also contained in
爱疯 、 爱经 、 爱晚亭 、 爱迪生 、 博爱县 、 爱问 、 北爱尔兰 、 爱奥华 、 爱丽斯泉
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十一 大取 Book 11 - Major Illustrations Mozi 墨子 — count: 30
- 卷二百二十二 列傳第一百一十 譚綸 王崇古 方逢時 吳兌 鄭洛 張學顏 張佳胤 殷正茂 凌雲翼 Volume 222 Biographies 110: Tan Lun, Wang Chonggu, Fang Fengshi, Wu Dui, Zheng Luo, Zhang Xueyan, Zhang Jiayin, Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi History of Ming 明史 — count: 26
- 卷三百十二 列傳第二百 四川土司二 Volume 312 Biographies 200: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
- 卷九十二 列傳第八十: 恩幸 Volume 92 Biographies 80: Noble Favorites History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 20
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 19
- 卷94 閹官:宗愛 仇洛齊 段霸 王琚 趙黑 孫小 張宗之等 Volume 94: Eunuchs - Zong Ai, Chou Luoqi, Duan Ba, Wang Ju, Zhao Hei, Sun Xiao, Zhang Zongzhi, and others Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 16
- 難一第三十六 Chapter 36: Difficulties I Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 16
- 卷30 王建 安同 樓伏連 丘堆 娥清 劉尼 奚眷 車伊洛等 Volume 30: Wang Jian, An Tong, Lou Fulian, Qiu Dui, E Qing, Liu Ni, Xi Juan, Cheyi Luodeng Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 15
- 卷八 度制第二十七 爵國第二十八 仁義法第二十九 必仁且智第三十 Scroll 8 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 14
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 14
Collocations
- 爱利 (愛利) 愛利萬民 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 11
- 爱百姓 (愛百姓) 重社稷故愛百姓 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大傳》 The Great Treatise — count: 7
- 不敢爱 (不敢愛) 唯是先君之敝器土地不敢愛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
- 知爱 (知愛) 有知之屬莫不知愛其類 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《三年問》 Questions about the Mourning for Three Years — count: 5
- 子爱 (子愛) 孟獻子愛之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
- 爱死 (愛死) 敢愛死以亂官乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
- 爱天下 (愛天下) 然則何以知天之愛天下之百姓 — Mozi 墨子, 卷七 天志上 Book 7 - Will of Heaven I — count: 3
- 尽爱 (儘愛) 盡愛之道也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 3
- 其所爱 (其所愛) 以其所愛及其所不愛 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心下 Jin Xin II — count: 3
- 父母爱 (父母愛) 父母愛一人焉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 3