恩愛

See also: 恩爱

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (恩愛)		恩	愛
simp. (恩爱)		恩	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēn'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ oi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-oi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-ài / in-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēn'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: en-ài
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹-ai⁴
    • Yale: ēn-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enay
    • Palladius: эньай (enʹaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ oi³
    • Yale: yān oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-oi
    • Hakka Romanization System: en´ oi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ oi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /en²⁴⁻¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-ài
    • Tâi-lô: un-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: un'aix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ ai¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-ài
    • Tâi-lô: in-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: in'aix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ ai²¹/

Noun

恩愛

1. conjugal love; affection between a couple

   秀恩愛／秀恩爱  ―  xiù ēn'ài  ―  to display affection

   • 情義已失去，恩愛都失去 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     情义已失去，恩爱都失去 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1983, 陳百強, 偏偏喜歡你

     cing⁴ ji⁶ ji⁵ sat¹ heoi³, jan¹ oi³ dou¹ sat¹ heoi³ [Jyutping]

     Friendship has already gone, and so has the love

Synonyms

• 恩 (ēn)
• 情愛／情爱 (qíng'ài)
• 愛／爱 (ài)
• 愛情／爱情 (àiqíng)
• 愛河／爱河 (àihé) (figurative)
• 戀情／恋情 (liànqíng)

 

Derived terms

• 恩恩愛愛／恩恩爱爱
• 恩愛夫妻不到頭／恩爱夫妻不到头
• 百般恩愛／百般恩爱
• 秀恩愛／秀恩爱 (xiù ēn'ài)