愛憎

See also: 爱憎

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	detest
trad. (愛憎)		愛	憎
simp. (爱憎)		爱	憎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àizēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄗㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ zang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àizēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄗㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àizeng
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-tsêng¹
    • Yale: ài-dzēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytzeng
    • Palladius: айцзэн (ajczɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ zang¹
    • Yale: oi jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

愛憎

1. love and hate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	憎
あい Grade: 4	ぞう Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
愛憎 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいぞー [àízóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠izo̞ː]

Noun

愛(あい)憎(ぞう) • (aizō) 

1. love and hate, mixed feelings
   • 1915, Natsume Sōseki, Garasu-do no uchi [Inside my glass doors]‎^[1]:

     愛(あい)憎(ぞう)を別(べつ)にして考(かんが)えて見(み)ても、母(はは)はたしかに品(ひん)位(い)のある床(ゆか)しい婦(ふ)人(じん)に違(ちがい)なかった。

     Aizō o betsu ni shite kangaete mitemo, haha wa tashika ni hin'i no aru yukashii fujin ni chigai nakatta.

     Even putting love and hate aside, my mother certainly must have been a dignified and admirable lady.

Related terms

• 愛(あい) (ai), 憎(にく)しみ (nikushimi)

References

• “愛憎”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
愛	憎

Noun

愛憎 • (aejeung) (hangeul 애증)

1. hanja form^? of 애증 (“love and hate”)