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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

爱 [ài]

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. verb [喜欢] enjoy

爱上网

enjoy surfing the net

爱逛街

enjoy strolling around the streets
3. verb [爱惜] care about

爱公物

respect public property
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. verb love

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. verb like; be fond of; be keen on

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
3. verb cherish; treasure; hold dear; take good care of

爱公物

take good care of public property
4. verb be apt to; be in the habit of

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. 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. 动珍惜；爱护

爱面子

爱惜。
3. 动喜欢；爱好

爱打球

爱干净。
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. 下边不是"发"。

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Examples

南方人爱吃米，北方人爱吃面
有人爱吃甜的，有人爱吃辣的。
爱干净: like cleanliness
他爱头疼。: He gets headaches easily.
爱摆谱儿的人: showy person
他不怎么爱说话。: He doesn't talk much.
他就爱吹牛。: He's a boastful person.; 206 more results

Character Decomposition

爫 [zhǎo,zhuǎ]	+	冖 [mì]	+	友 [yǒu]

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Total Strokes: 13

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nciku Note

爱情 vs. 爱

爱情 vs. 爱
àiqíng vs. ài

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 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。

The main usage of 爱(as the predicate of a sentence) is different from that of 爱情.

“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”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”的主要用法（做谓语），与“爱情”是不同的。

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