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
- 爱国如命(愛國如命) to love the nation as one's life
- 爱情征服一切(愛情征服一切) love conquers all; omnia vincit amor
- 爱惜性命(愛惜性命) cling to life
- 情爱(情愛) affection; love
- 至爱(至愛) most beloved
- 同性爱(同性愛) homosexual
- 爱国心(愛國心) a patriotic heart
- 求爱(求愛) to woo
- 爱丽丝漫游奇境记(愛麗絲漫遊奇境記) Alice in Wonderland
- 慈爱(慈愛) affection
- 亲爱精诚(親愛精誠) camaraderie
- 爱丽丝(愛麗絲) Alice (name)
- 爱称(愛稱) term of endearment; pet name; diminutive
- 仁爱(仁愛) benevolence; charity; compassion
- 真爱(真愛) true love
- 爱尔兰语(愛爾蘭語) Irish language
- 爱护(愛護) to cherish and protect; to treasure
- 见爱(見愛) loved; respected (honorific)
- 爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
- 爱玉子(愛玉子) jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
- 偏爱(偏愛) to be partial towards; to favor; to prefer
- 推诚爱物(推誠愛物) to treat others sincerely
- 北爱(北愛) Northern Ireland
- 爱惜(愛惜) to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
- 爱小便宜(愛小便宜) love of petty profits
- 爱情(愛情) romantic love
- 昵爱(昵愛) to love dearly; intimacy; close love
- 互敬互爱(互敬互愛) mutual respect and love
- 爱尔兰海(愛爾蘭海) Irish Sea between Ireland and north England
- 爱克斯射线(愛克斯射線) X-ray radiation
- 爱他注意(愛他注意) altruism
- 忍痛割爱(忍痛割愛) to resign oneself to part with what one treasures
- 爱尔兰人(愛爾蘭人) Irish person
- 友爱(友愛) friendship; affection
- 可爱(可愛) cute; lovely
- 爱国主义(愛國主義) patriotism
- 秀恩爱(秀恩愛) to make a public display of affection
- 歉爱(歉愛) love equally
- 眷爱(眷愛) to love; sentimentally attached to
- 爱得死去活来(愛得死去活來) to be madly in love
- 喜爱(喜愛) to like; to love
- 爱德华兹(愛德華茲) Edwards (name)
- 爱卿(愛卿) my dear
Also contained in
爱立信 、 爱晚亭 、 爱达罗氏梵书 、 仁爱区 、 爱经 、 爱疯 、 爱州 、 北爱尔兰
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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