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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage) 愛人

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

Verb

愛人

1. (Classical) to love the people

References

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Japanese

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

Etymology

(to love people) Borrowed from Middle Chinese 愛人 (MC 'ojH nyin).

Noun

愛(あい)人(じん) • (aijin) 

1. a lover, a mistress

   Implies an extramarital relationship. Most often used by a man in reference to a woman.

2. (archaic) a sweetheart, a loved one
3. (dated) to love people in general

Related terms

• 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.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
愛	人

Noun

愛人 • (aein) (hangeul 애인)

1. hanja form^? of 애인 (“lover”)