愛人

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[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): oi-ngìn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ài-lîn / ài-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ain³ ring⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): e nyin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: àirén → àiren (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄞˋ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay.ren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àire̊n
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: àirénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayrel
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àirénr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ jan⁴
    • Yale: oi yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːy̯³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: oi-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /oi̯⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: ài-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aeliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aɪ²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: ài-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aejiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aɪ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑin¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ain³ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: e nyin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e̞³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

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

愛人

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

Verb

愛人

1. (Classical Chinese) to love the people

References

1. 舒 志田, 日中同形異義漢字語の研究 : 「愛人」の意味変化をめぐって, in 文獻探究. 37, pp.1-14, 1999-03-31

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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 ʔʌi^H ȵiɪn).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) あいじん [àíjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

愛人 (hiragana あいじん, rōmaji 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

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 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”).