愛 (oi3 | ai4) : love

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愛

oi3

ai4

[1] [v] love; be fond of; like; be kind to [2] love; affection; kindness; benevolence; likes [3] [v] be apt to [4] to want (an object, not an activity)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

愛 / 爱

This word has been viewed 32784 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Sep 2018 05:51

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可愛 ho2 oi3 ke3 ai4 = cute

愛情 oi3 cing4 ai4 qing2 = romance; love (between man and woman)

愛好 oi3 hou3 ai4 hao4 = a hobby; to be fond of

愛人 oi3 jan4 ai4 ren5 = spouse, husband, wife, sweetheart

相愛 soeng1 oi3 xiang1 ai4 = to love each other; to be on good terms

親愛的 can1 oi3 dik1 qin1 ai4 de5 = dear; beloved; my dear

北愛爾蘭 bak1 oi3 ji5 laan4 = Northern Ireland

戀愛 lyun2 oi3 lian4 ai4 = (romantic) love; in love; to have an affair

做愛 zou6 oi3 zuo4 ai4 = make love

性愛 sing3 oi3 xing4 ai4 = sexual love
See all 138 compounds (CantoDict reports 149 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 愛

唔該，我想愛個一號餐，拎走。粵
Excuse me, I would like to have a Meal 1. Take-away.
[scenario: in McDonald's]

嗰個女仔好可愛。粵
That girl is so cute.

我一生一世都會愛你。
I'll love you for the rest of my life.

貓好可愛。粵
Cats are cute.

呢件衫你愛唔愛㗎？粵
Do you want this piece of clothing?
[Lit. this piece clothing you want not want [particle]?]

呢杯水你仲愛唔愛？粵
Do you still want this glass of water?
[Note that the final syllable can be changed to something resembling tone 2 to form a question.]

豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

我盼望能夠找到真愛國
I hope to be able to find true love.
[I hope I can find true love.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 愛
Unicode code for this character: U+611b (off-site link)

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