愛人

See also: 爱人

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	man; person; people
trad. (愛人)		愛	人
simp. (爱人)		爱	人

Etymology

Various senses attestable in Classical and Literary Chinese. The senses "spouse" and "lover" are from Japanese 愛人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): oi-ngìn
• Northern Min (KCR): o̿-nêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ài-lîn / ài-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ain³ ring⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵e-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àirén → àiren (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄞˋ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àire̊n
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-jên⁵
    • Yale: ài-ren
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay.ren
    • Palladius: айжэнь (ajžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àirénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àirénr
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: ài-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayrel
    • Palladius: айжэньр (ajžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ jan⁴
    • Yale: oi yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: oi-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /oi̯⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: o̿-nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³ neiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: ài-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aeliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: ài-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aejiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ zin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ain³ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵e-gnin
    • MiniDict: e^去 nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²e-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e³³ n̠ʲin⁴⁴/

Noun

愛人

1. (Mainland China) spouse; husband or wife

   他對他的愛人不忠。 [MSC, trad.]
   他对他的爱人不忠。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā duì tā de àirén bùzhōng. [Pinyin]

   He cheated on his spouse.

2. sweetheart; lover
3. (literary) lovable person

Usage notes

In mainland China, 情人 (qíngrén, “lover”) usually refers to a partner in an extramarital relationship except in 情人節／情人节 (Qíngrénjié, “Valentine's Day”). For a person who loves, 愛人／爱人 (àirén, “lover”) is popular among elder people, while 戀人／恋人 (liànrén, “lover”) is popular among young people.

Adjective

愛人

1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, Xiang or literary) lovable; adorable; cute; endearing

Verb

愛人

1. (Classical) to love the people

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	人
あい Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 愛人 (MC 'ojH nyin).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいじん [àíjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

愛(あい)人(じん) • (aijin) 

1. a lover, a mistress
2. (archaic) a sweetheart, a loved one
3. (dated) loving people in general

Usage notes

• Sense 1 implies an extramarital relationship. Most often used by a man in reference to a woman.

See also

• 恋(こい)人(びと) (koibito): a boyfriend, a girlfriend

References

• Yoshida, Masatoshi et.al. Kodansha's Romanized Japanese-English Dictionary. Tokyo: Kodansha International (JPN), 1993. →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
愛	人

Noun

愛人 • (aein) (hangeul 애인)

1. Hanja form^? of 애인 (“lover, girlfriend, boyfriend”).