ài

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Contents 1 Mandarin 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.4 Usage notes 1.5 Pinyin 1.6 References 2 Min Nan 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb 2.4 See also

[edit] Mandarin

simplified	爱
traditional	愛

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ ai˥˩ ]

[edit] Noun

ài (Pinyin, traditional 愛, simplified 爱)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) love

[edit] Verb

ài (Pinyin, traditional 愛, simplified 爱)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to love; to be fond of

[edit] Usage notes

• When used for people, ài usually refers to romantic love. When used like this, older Mandarin speakers often describe the use of this term as overly 肉麻 (ròumá, adj. something that gives you the creeps, disgusting). For this reason, the word trad. 喜歡, simpl. 喜欢 (xǐhuān, to like) might be used instead. Using the word xǐhuān literally means like, but when used in a romantic context (especially boyfriend/girlfriend), it actually means love. However, younger Mandarin speakers seem to have been influenced somewhat by Western culture, and are now using the verb ài much more often than was socially acceptable in the past.

[edit] Pinyin

ài (form of ai4 with diacritic)

1. 伌:
2. 僾: like
3. 叆: cloudy sky; dark, obscure
4. 唆: make mischief, incite, instigate
5. 嗋:
6. 嗳 (s), 噯 (tr)
7. 堥:
8. 塧:
9. 壒: dust
10. 嫒 (s), 嬡 (tr)
11. 愛: love, be fond of, like
12. 懓:
13. 懝:
14. 戳: prick, stab; stamp, seal, chop
15. 暧: obscure, dim, ambiguous, vague
16. 曖: obscure, dim, ambiguous, vague
17. 濭:
18. 瑷: fine quality jade
19. 璦: fine quality jade
20. 皧:
21. 瞹:
22. 砨:
23. 砱:
24. 硋:
25. 碍: obstruct, hinder, block, deter
26. 礙: obstruct, hinder, block, deter
27. 艾: artemisia, mugwort; translit.
28. 薆: to cover; to hide; to conceal
29. 譪:
30. 賹:
31. 鑀: ionium
32. 閝:
33. 阦:
34. 阵: column, row or file of troops
35. 隘: narrow, confined; a strategic pass
36. 靉: cloudy sky; dark, obscure
37. 餱: dry goods, dry provisions
38. 鴱:
39. 爱: love, be fond of, like

[edit] References

• Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.

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[edit] Min Nan

simplified	爱
traditional	愛

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ai˨˩ ]

[edit] Noun

ài (POJ, traditional 愛, simplified 爱)

1. love

[edit] Verb

ài (POJ, traditional 愛, simplified 爱)

1. to love; to like; to be fond of
2. want; must; need
   • 2005: anon. zh-min-nan:wikipedia:User_talk:Wdshu#Hoklo_Dictionary_with_Unicode

     有一點愛注意的，都是Wikipedia是Unicode的環境 (trad.)

     有一点爱注意的，都是Wikipedia是Unicode的环境 (simp.)

     Ū 1 tiám ài chù-ì--ê, tō-sī Wikipedia sī Unicode ê khoân-kéng

     There's one thing you must bear in mind, which is that Wikipedia is a Unicode environment

[edit] See also

• (Mandarin) 要 (yào) want; must; need