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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

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

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[ài]
  1. 1. love
  2. 2. tendresse
  3. 3. charity

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[ài]
  1. 1. 对人或事物有深厚真挚的感情
    祖国
    科学
  2. 2. 珍惜;
    面子
    惜。
  3. 3. 喜欢;
    打球
    干净。
  4. 4. 经常容易发生(某种行为或变化)
    发脾气
    感冒
    春天刮风。
  5. 5. 下边不是"发"。

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吃老北京的窝窝。
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他们小两口,恩恩,夫倡妇随。
The couple love and respect each other.
她热自然、喜动物,所以她从来不穿皮大衣。
She loves nature and animals, so she never wears a leather coat.
他从小习诗文,不棍棒,这让作武将的父亲很不高兴。
He has been fond of literature rather than martial arts since childhood, which makes his father, a military general, very unhappy.
王爷平时民如子,受到大家的戴。
This noble man loves ordinary people like his own sons, and so is respected by the public.
丽斯是他慕的对象。
Alice is the object of his affections.
他把感情得失,与不都付之一笑。
He treats love and loss lightly.
得死去活来。
He was madly in love with her.
能遇到这样才的老师真是幸运。
You are lucky to have met a teacher who appreciates you.
他们正忙着装修巢呢!
They are busy decorating their own house.

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nciku Note

爱情 vs. 爱

爱情 vs.
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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