愛情

愛情

See also: 爱情

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (愛情)		愛	情
simp. (爱情)		爱	情
anagram		情愛／情爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àiqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ cing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): oi-chhìn
• Min Dong (BUC): ái-cìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ài-chêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ain³ cêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): e xxin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: àiqíng → àiqing (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ → ㄞˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay.chyng
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ cing⁴
    • Yale: oi chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ qing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ɔːy̯³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: oi-chhìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi qinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi⁴ qin²
    • IPA: /oi̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ái-cìng
    • IPA ^(key): /ai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒiŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: ài-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aezeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ain³ cêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ tshêng
    • IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: e xxin (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /e̞³³ ʑ̻ɪɲ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔʌi^H  d͡ziᴇŋ/▼

Rime
Character	愛	情
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏代切	疾盈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌiH/	/d͡ziᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəiH/	/d͡ziɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒiH/	/d͡ziæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəjH/	/d͡ziajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀiH/	/d͡ziɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɒiH/	/d͡zĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ̆iH/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài	qíng

Noun

愛情

1. love (of a romantic nature) (Classifier: 場／场 m; 種／种 m)

   愛情不分性別。 / 爱情不分性别。  ―  Àiqíng bùfēn xìngbié.  ―  Love is love, regardless of gender.

   她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
   她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]

   She has always yearned for pure love.

   明知愛情是毒藥，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直燒，找無止痛的解藥。 [Min Nan, trad.]
   明知爱情是毒药，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直烧，找无止痛的解药。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   From: 蕭玉芬, 毒藥

   Bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h; tán kah chîng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   [I] clearly knew love is a poison, [but I] still drank it; by the time the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, [I still] could not find a painkilling antidote.

Derived terms

愛情生活／爱情生活 (àiqíng shēnghuó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (愛情):

• → Japanese: 愛情 (あいじょう) (aijō)
• → Korean: 애정 (愛情, aejeong)
• → Vietnamese: ái tình (愛情)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	情
あい Grade: 4	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あいじょー [àíjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠iʑo̞ː]

Noun

愛情 (hiragana あいじょう, rōmaji aijō)

1. love, affection
2. attachment or attraction to a particular partner, erotic affection[2]

Related terms

• 友 (ゆう)情 (じょう) (yūjō): friendship

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
愛	情

Noun

愛情 • (aejeong) (hangeul 애정)

1. Hanja form^? of 애정 (“love; affection”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
愛	情

Noun

愛情

1. Hán tự form of ái tình (“love”).