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爱 (愛)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

爱 [ài]
  1. 1. verb [恋] love
    我爱你。
    I love you.
    爱祖国
    love one's country
    他爱上了一个女孩。
    He fell in love with a girl.
  2. 2. verb [喜欢] enjoy
    爱上网
    enjoy surfing the net
    爱逛街
    enjoy strolling around the streets
  3. 3. verb [爱惜] care about
    爱公物
    respect public property
  4. 4. verb [容易]
    她爱晕车。
    She tends to get car sick.
    爱发脾气
    be hot-tempered

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

爱 [ài]
  1. 1. verb love
    我爱他为人善良，有正义感。
    他爱上她了。
    He has fallen in love with her.
    他们俩相爱已经多年。
    They have been in love for a number of years.
  2. 2. verb like; be fond of; be keen on
    吾爱吾师，吾更爱真理。
    爸爸爱收藏古画。
    她爱在周末逛街。
    只爱听恭维话，不爱听批评话
    be fond of flattery but deaf to criticism
    爱干净
    like cleanliness
    爱游泳
    be fond of swimming
    他爱上了跳水，妈妈给他请了教练。
  3. 3. verb cherish; treasure; hold dear; take good care of
    她特别爱干净。
    爱公物
    take good care of public property
  4. 4. verb be apt to; be in the habit of
    白衣服爱脏。
    他老爱向人炫耀。
    他爱晕机。
    她照顾不好自己，老爱生病。
    铁爱生锈。
    Iron rusts easily.
    她老爱发脾气。
    She's always losing her temper.
    我爱晕车。
    I'm apt to get carsick.
    他爱头疼。
    He gets headaches easily.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

爱 [ài]
  1. 1. 动 对人或事物有深厚真挚的感情
    爱祖国
    爱科学
    恋爱
    疼爱。
  2. 2. 动 珍惜;爱护
    爱面子
    爱惜。
  3. 3. 动 喜欢;爱好
    爱打球
    爱干净。
  4. 4. 动 经常容易发生(某种行为或变化）
    爱发脾气
    爱感冒
    春天爱刮风。
  5. 5. 下边不是"发"。
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Examples

爱江山更爱美人。 → 江山
南方人爱吃米,北方人爱吃面 → 米
有人爱吃甜的,有人爱吃辣的。 → 有
爱游泳
be fond of swimming → 爱
爱干净
like cleanliness → 爱
爱公物
take good care of public property → 爱
他爱头疼。
He gets headaches easily. → 爱
我爱晕车。
I'm apt to get carsick. → 爱
爱摆谱儿的人
showy person → 摆谱儿
他不怎么爱说话。
He doesn't talk much. → 不怎么
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Character Decomposition

爫
[zhǎo,zhuǎ]		 + 冖
[mì]		 + 友
[yǒu]

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nciku Note

爱情 vs. 爱

“爱情”是名词，指男女之间相爱的感情，如“产生爱情”、“甜蜜的爱情”等，比如：
爱情 is a noun meaning the "affection for another person," e.g. 产生爱情，甜蜜的爱情, etc. Some other examples are：
(1)有人说：婚姻是爱情的坟墓。
（2）经过一段时间的相处，他们之间产生了爱情。

“爱”是动词，用法较多。“爱”做主语、宾语，往往与“爱情”的意思接近。“爱情”多与非单音节词语搭配，如“爱情故事”、“爱情关系”。下例中“爱情”与“爱”可以互换。
爱 is a verb, with several meanings. 爱 as the subject or object of a sentence is often the same as 爱情. 爱情 mostly goes with polysyllabic words, e.g. 爱情故事，爱情关系. 爱情 and 爱 in the following example are also interchangeable:
（3）他们的爱（爱情）是真挚的。
（4）真正的爱情是没有贵贱之分的。
“爱”的主要用法（做谓语），与“爱情”是不同的。
The main usage of 爱(as the predicate of a sentence) is different from that of 爱情.

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