仁愛

See also: 仁爱

Chinese

		humane; kernel	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (仁愛)		仁	愛
simp. (仁爱)		仁	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ oi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yìn-oi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-ài / lîn-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén-ài
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ai⁴
    • Yale: rén-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renay
    • Palladius: жэньай (žɛnʹaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ oi³
    • Yale: yàhn oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ ɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-oi
    • Hakka Romanization System: inˇ oi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin² oi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /in¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-oi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)inˇ oi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin² oi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-ài
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jin'aix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² ai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ ai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ài
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lin'aix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ai¹¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 仁愛

1. benevolent; kindhearted

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 友善 (yǒushàn)
• 可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣／和气
• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 善良 (shànliáng)
• 好心 (hǎoxīn)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和／随和

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 仁愛

1. benevolence; kindheartedness

Synonyms

• 仁慈 (réncí)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 仁愛

1. (～區) Ren-ai (a district of Keelung City, Taiwan)
2. (～鄉) Ren-ai, Ren'ai (a mountain indigenous township in Nantou County, Taiwan)
3. (～里, formerly ～村) An urban village in Linkou district, New Taipei, Taiwan, formerly a rural village

Further reading

• “Entry #752”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仁	愛
じん Grade: 6	あい Grade: 4

Etymology

From 仁 (jin, “benevolence”) + 愛 (ai, “love”)

Noun

仁(じん)愛(あい) • (jin'ai) 

1. benevolence, charity