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
- 爱滋(愛滋) AIDS
- 爱乐乐团(愛樂樂團) philharmonic orchestra
- 爱昵(愛昵) intimate; loving
- 爱死病(愛死病) AIDS
- 错爱(錯愛) misplaced kindness; humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
- 爱憎分明(愛憎分明) to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates
- 爱谁谁(愛誰誰) whatever; who cares
- 爱哟我的妈(愛喲我的媽) Ai Yao Wo de Mao
- 爱玉(愛玉) jelly fig seed
- 爱懋(愛懋) lust after
- 爱国利民(愛國利民) patriotism for the benefit of the masses
- 爱德华(愛德華) Edward; édouard
- 爱恨交加(愛恨交加) to feel a mixture of love and hate
- 昵爱(昵愛) to love dearly; intimacy; close love
- 爱抬杠(愛抬槓) fond of arguing
- 萝卜白菜，各有所爱(蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
- 宽大仁爱(寬大仁愛) tolerant and lenient
- 爱克斯光(愛克斯光) x-ray
- 爱子(愛子) beloved son
- 爱好者(愛好者) lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
- 人见人爱(人見人愛) loved by all; to have universal appeal
- 爱情连连看(愛情連連看) Aiqing Lian Lian Kan
- 爱河(愛河) the river of desire
- 北爱(北愛) Northern Ireland
- 爱犬(愛犬) beloved pet dog
- 爱爱(愛愛) to make love
- 推诚爱物(推誠愛物) to treat others sincerely
- 眷爱(眷愛) to love; sentimentally attached to
- 逗人喜爱(逗人喜愛) cute
- 爱恨交织(愛恨交織) mixture of love and hate
- 可爱(可愛) cute; lovely
- 性本爱丘山(性本愛丘山) my only love was for the mountains
- 爱上(愛上) to fall in love
- 自爱(自愛) self-respect; self-love; self-regard
- 吾爱(吾愛) my love
Also contained in
爱尔兰 、 爱新觉罗 、 仁爱乡 、 北爱尔兰 、 爱琴 、 爱琴海 、 爱民区 、 爱德华王子岛 、 张爱玲 、 爱知 、 爱德华·达拉第 、 爱奥华 、 大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 、 中国天主教爱国会 、 爱丽丝泉 、 爱财不爱命
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
- 難一第三十六 Chapter 36: Difficulties I Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 16
- 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
- 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
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 14
- 卷七十八 列傳第十六: 劉彥宗子:萼(子:筈(子:仲誨)) 劉頍 時立愛 韓企先子:鐸 Volume 78 Biographies 16: Liu Yanzong and son: E (son: Kuo (son: Zhonghui)), Liu Yi, Shi Liai, Han Qixian son: Duo History of Jin 金史 — 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
- 尽爱 (儘愛) 盡愛之道也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 4
- 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
- 立爱 (立愛) 立愛惟親 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi — count: 3
- 爱亲 (愛親) 愛親哀喪而後可用也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3