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
- 逗人喜爱(逗人喜愛) cute
- 爱国者(愛國者) patriot ; MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile
- 忍痛割爱(忍痛割愛) to resign oneself to part with what one treasures
- 嫌贫爱富(嫌貧愛富) to favor the rich and disdain the poor ; snobbish
- 爱抬杠(愛抬槓) fond of arguing
- 爱敬(愛敬) to love and revere
- 遗爱(遺愛) merit left for later generations
- 爱情征服一切(愛情征服一切) love conquers all; omnia vincit amor
- 爱国(愛國) to love one's country; to be patriotic
- 亲爱(親愛) dear; beloved ; kinship and love
- 爱玛·沃特森(愛瑪·沃特森) Emma Watson
- 最喜爱(最喜愛) favorite
- 爱情连连看(愛情連連看) Aiqing Lian Lian Kan
- 敬爱(敬愛) respect and love
- 爱耳日(愛耳日) Ear Care Day
- 爱意(愛意) love
- 爱国心(愛國心) a patriotic heart
- 装可爱(裝可愛) to act cute; putting on adorable airs; to pretend to be lovely
- 爱奥尼亚海(愛奧尼亞海) Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece
- 爱憎分明(愛憎分明) to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates
- 爱国捐(愛國捐) patriotic contribution
- 相亲相爱(相親相愛) to be kind and love one another; bound by deep emotions
- 爱现(愛現) to enjoy showing off
- 爱欲其周(愛欲其周) desire to have love openly displayed
- 爱民(愛民) Aimin ; [overly] concerned for people
- 性本爱丘山(性本愛丘山) my only love was for the mountains
- 偏爱(偏愛) to be partial towards; to favor; to prefer
- 爱丽丝(愛麗絲) Alice (name)
- 爱慕(愛慕) to adore; to admire
- 爱屋及乌(愛屋及烏) love the house and its crows; love a person and everything connected with them
- 爱漂亮(愛漂亮) to like looking attractive (usually of girls); aestheticism
- 爱财(愛財) avaricious ; love wealth
- 罗洁爱尔之(羅潔愛爾之) Raziel, archangel in Judaism
- 舐犊之爱(舐犢之愛) the love of a cow licking her calf; parental love
- 兼爱(兼愛) to love all people ; universal love ; Universal Love
- 爱玉子(愛玉子) jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
- 爱国利民(愛國利民) patriotism for the benefit of the masses
Also contained in
爱民区 、 爱马仕 、 中国天主教爱国会 、 爱普生 、 仁爱区 、 爱迪生 、 爱丁堡 、 爱丽斯泉 、 爱彼迎 、 爱德华王子岛 、 爱经 、 爱德斯沃尔 、 爱新觉罗 、 爱德华岛
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
- 《梁惠王章句上》 Commentary on Liang Hui Wang I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — 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: 12
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 尽爱 (儘愛) 盡愛之道也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 4
- 敢爱 (敢愛) 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: 3
- 兄爱 (兄愛) 兄愛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 岂敢爱 (豈敢愛) 豈敢愛之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 3