愛滋

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	excite; nourish; this
trad. (愛滋)		愛	滋
simp. (爱滋)		爱	滋
Literally: “caused by love(making)”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English AIDS. See 愛滋病／爱滋病 (àizībìng) for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àizī

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àizī
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àizih
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-tzŭ¹
    • Yale: ài-dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytzy
    • Palladius: айцзы (ajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: oi³ zi¹
    • Yale: oi jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 愛滋／爱滋 愛知／爱知

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 愛滋

1. (～病) (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, pathology, 1980s mainland) AIDS

Synonyms

• 艾滋 (àizī)