戀愛

See also: 恋爱 and 恋愛

Chinese

		feel attached to; long for; love	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (戀愛)		戀	愛
simp. (恋爱)		恋	爱
anagram		愛戀／爱恋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun² oi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lien-oi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): loân-ài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): luêng³ ain³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn-ài
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴-ai⁴
    • Yale: lyàn-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liannay
    • Palladius: ляньай (ljanʹaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun² oi³
    • Yale: lyún oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn² oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün² oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn³⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien-oi
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien oi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴ oi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵ oi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân-ài
    • Tâi-lô: luân-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loan'aix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴⁻²² ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³⁻²² ai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴⁻¹¹ ai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³⁻³³ ai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: luêng³ ain³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luèng àiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lueŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ãĩ²¹³/

Verb

戀愛

1. to love; to be in love; to date
2. to have an affair

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 戀愛

1. love (of a romantic nature); dating
2. love affair

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
戀	愛
れん Hyōgai	あい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 恋愛

Verb

1. Kyūjitai form of 恋愛

Conjugation

Conjugation of "戀愛する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	戀愛し	れんあいし	ren'ai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	戀愛し	れんあいし	ren'ai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	戀愛する	れんあいする	ren'ai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	戀愛する	れんあいする	ren'ai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	戀愛すれ	れんあいすれ	ren'ai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	戀愛せよ¹ 戀愛しろ²	れんあいせよ¹ れんあいしろ²	ren'ai seyo¹ ren'ai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	戀愛される	れんあいされる	ren'ai sareru
Causative	戀愛させる 戀愛さす	れんあいさせる れんあいさす	ren'ai saseru ren'ai sasu
Potential	戀愛できる	れんあいできる	ren'ai dekiru
Volitional	戀愛しよう	れんあいしよう	ren'ai shiyō
Negative	戀愛しない	れんあいしない	ren'ai shinai
Negative continuative	戀愛せず	れんあいせず	ren'ai sezu
Formal	戀愛します	れんあいします	ren'ai shimasu
Perfective	戀愛した	れんあいした	ren'ai shita
Conjunctive	戀愛して	れんあいして	ren'ai shite
Hypothetical conditional	戀愛すれば	れんあいすれば	ren'ai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
戀	愛

Noun

戀愛 • (yeonae) (hangeul 연애)

1. hanja form^? of 연애 (“love; affection”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
戀	愛

Verb

戀愛

1. chữ Hán form of luyến ái (“to love”).