爱 (愛)
ài
Pinyin

Definition

爱 (愛)
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ài
  1. to love
  2. to be fond of
  3. to like
  4. affection
  5. to be inclined (to do sth)
  6. to tend to (happen)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

叆
ài
  1. 1 misty
  2. 2 cloudy sky
  3. 3 dark
  4. 4 obscure
鑀
ài
  1. 1 einsteinium (chemistry) (Tw)
  2. 2 ionium (former name of thorium)
薆
ài
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to hide
  3. 3 to conceal

Related Words (20)

可爱
kě ài
  1. 1 adorable
  2. 2 cute
  3. 3 lovely
爱
ài
  1. 1 to love
  2. 2 to be fond of
  3. 3 to like
  4. 4 affection
  5. 5 to be inclined (to do sth)
  6. 6 to tend to (happen)
爱情
ài qíng
  1. 1 romance
  2. 2 love (romantic)
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 份 fèn
亲爱
qīn ài
  1. 1 dear
  2. 2 beloved
  3. 3 darling
北爱
Běi Ài
  1. 1 abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland

Idioms (18)

仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
因爱成恨
yīn ài chéng hèn
  1. 1 hatred caused by love (idiom)
  2. 2 to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person
嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
宽大仁爱
kuān dà rén ài
  1. 1 tolerant and lenient (idiom)
忠君爱国
zhōng jūn ài guó
  1. 1 faithful patriots (idiom)

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊，看看我们的小宝贝儿，这脸蛋儿多可爱！但他自个儿在这儿玩儿，好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子，给他做个伴儿吧！
xífur a ，kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir ，zhè liǎndànr duō kěài ！dàn tā zìgěr zài zhèr wánr ，hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ，gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba ！
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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爱情很难天长地久。
àiqíng hěn nán tiānchángdìjiǔ 。
It's difficult to have an everlasting relationship.
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到后来才发现爱你是一种习惯，我学会和你说一样的谎。
dào hòulái cái fāxiàn ài nǐ shì yīzhǒng xíguàn ，wǒ xuéhuì hé nǐ shuō yīyàng de huǎng 。
It was only later that I figured that loving you was a habit. I’ve learned to tell lies like you did.
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要是我早可以和你一刀两断，我们就不必在爱里勉强。
yàoshi wǒ zǎo kěyǐ hé nǐ yīdāoliǎngduàn ，wǒmen jiù bùbì zài ài lǐ miǎnqiǎng 。
If I could have cut off ties with you earlier, we never would have had to force it in love.
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毕竟相爱一场，不要谁心里带着伤。
bìjìng xiāngài yīchǎng ，bùyào shéi xīnli dài zhe shāng 。
After all, we have loved. May none of us carry any scars.
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我可以不问感觉继续为爱讨好，冷眼地看着你的骄傲。
wǒ kěyǐ bùwèn gǎnjué jìxù wèi ài tǎohǎo ，lěngyǎn de kàn zhe nǐ de jiāoào 。
I could please you in the name of love, neglecting my feelings and looking at your cold-eyed arrogance .
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爱已至此，怎样的说法，都能成为理由。
ài yǐ zhìcǐ ，zěnyàng de shuōfǎ ，dōu néng chéngwéi lǐyóu 。
Once love has reached this stage whatever you say could be a reason.
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我在这样的爱情里看见的，是我们的软弱。
wǒ zài zhèyàng de àiqíng lǐ kànjiàn de ，shì wǒmen de ruǎnruò 。
What I see in this love is our weakness.
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算了吧，那是博爱座。
suànle ba ，nà shì bóàizuò 。
Nevermind, that is a priority seat.
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别担心，博爱座应该是优先给有需要的人，去坐吧。
bié dānxīn ，bóàizuò yīnggāi shì yōuxiān gěi yǒu xūyào de rén ，qù zuò ba 。
Don't worry, these priority seats should be given priority to those in need, go take the seat.
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