1. What does 爱 mean in English?
爱 (Chinese PinYin: ài; traditional Chinese: 愛) means (1) love, like, hold dear; (2) affection, passion, attachment; (3) cherish, treasure; (4) be apt to; (5) be in the habit of. It can be used as a noun, uncountable as well as verb. It is a polysemous word, it can also mean (1) a song sung by Chen Ming and a number of songs with the same name; (2) Chinese translation of a fresh movie named Amour and a number of movies with the same name; (3) a rare surname; (4) an essay written by Eileen Chang and a number of publications under the same name by different authors. It can be used in formal and informal conversations and writings. Some commonly used phrases include: 爱好 (hobby), 爱心 (compassion, benevolence, mercy, love), 爱才 (value talents very much), 爱财 (be greedy for money), 爱巢 (love nest), 爱称 (term of endearment), 爱宠 (the beloved pet).
2. How to pronounce 爱?
Chinese Pinyin: [ài]
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3. Synonyms And Antonyms of 爱
Synonyms: 惜, 喜欢, 喜爱, 爱慕, 爱情, 爱戴, 爱抚, 爱怜, 爱恋
Antonyms: 憎, 恨, 恶, 讨厌, 恶心,
4. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 爱
Fixed expression: 爱好 (hobby), 爱心 (compassion, benevolence, mercy, love), 爱才 (value talents very much), 爱财 (be greedy for money), 爱巢 (love nest), 爱称 (term of endearment), 爱宠 (the beloved pet), 爱出风头的 (swanky), 爱搭不理 (turn a cold shoulder), 爱达荷州 (Idaho), 爱戴 (stand high in public love and esteem), 爱德华 (Edward), 爱迪生 (Edison), 爱丁堡 (Edinburgh), 爱尔兰 (Ireland), 爱恨情仇(love and hatred),
Collocation: 爱猜想的 (hypothetical), 爱嘲笑的 (cynically), 爱吵架的 (cantankerous), 爱吵闹的 (currish, noisy), 爱吃零食 (have a fondness for snacks), 爱打扮 (loves dressing up), 爱打听的 (love prying), 爱好广泛 (have a wide variety of hobbies),
Idioms: 爱不释手 (love sth. too much to part with it), 爱财如命 (covetous), 爱屋及乌(love me love my dog, love one thing on account of another), 爱民如子 (the king loves the people as if they were his own children), 爱莫能助 (be sympathetic but have no ability to help), 爱才若渴 (one’s love for scholars is equal to one’s thirst for water),
5. How to use 爱 in a sentence?
Below are some example sentences containing 爱.
5.1 多一点笑容, 少一点担忧. 多一点爱心, 少一些指责. 多一点祝福, 少一点焦虑. 多一点爱, 少一点仇恨.
Translation: “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
5.2 爱情和爱心是必需品, 不是奢侈品. 没有它们, 人类不能活下去
Translation: “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness
5.3 我们的任务是通过扩大我们的爱心的关注范围, 关心整个大自然和她的美, 来解放我们自己..
Translation: “Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.”― Albert Einstein
5.4 我们接受我们认为我们值得得到的爱
Translation: “We accept the love we think we deserve.”― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
5.5 爱的对立面不是憎恨, 而是冷漠
Translation: The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
5.6 不幸的婚姻不是因为没有爱, 而是因为没有像朋友一样对待对方.
Translation: “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”― Friedrich Nietzsche
5.7 我爱老师，也爱同学，更爱我的父母。
Translation: I love my teacher, my classmates, and what’s more important – my parents.
5.8 因为有爱，我们相濡以沫
Translation: Because of love, we helped each other when both are in humble circumstances.
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