愛人

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See also: 爱人

Chinese

to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
 
 man; person; people
trad. (愛人) 愛 人
simp. (爱人) 爱 人

Etymology

Various senses attestable in Classical and Literary Chinese. The senses "spouse" and "lover" are from Japanese 愛人[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

愛人

  1. (Mainland China) spouse; husband or wife
    他對他的愛人不忠。 [MSC, trad.]
    他对他的爱人不忠。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā duì tā de àirén bùzhōng.
    He cheated on his spouse.
  2. sweetheart; lover
  3. (literary) lovable person

Usage notes

In mainland China, 情人 (qíngrén, “lover”) usually refers to a partner in an extramarital relationship except in 情人節／情人节 (Qíngrénjié, “Valentine's Day”). For a person who loves, 愛人／爱人 (àirén, “lover”) is popular among elder people, while 戀人／恋人 (liànrén, “lover”) is popular among young people.

Adjective

愛人

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, Xiang or literary) lovable; adorable; cute; endearing

Verb

愛人

  1. (Classical) to love the people

References

  1. ^ 舒 志田, 日中同形異義漢字語の研究 : 「愛人」の意味変化をめぐって, in 文獻探究. 37, pp.1-14, 1999-03-31

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛 人
あい
Grade: 4 		じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 愛人 (MC 'ojH nyin).

Pronunciation

Noun

愛(あい)人(じん) • (aijin) 

  1. a lover, a mistress
  2. (archaic) a sweetheart, a loved one
  3. (dated) loving people in general

Usage notes

  • Sense 1 implies an extramarital relationship. Most often used by a man in reference to a woman.

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Yoshida, Masatoshi et.al. Kodansha's Romanized Japanese-English Dictionary. Tokyo: Kodansha International (JPN), 1993. →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
愛人

Noun

愛人 • (aein) (hangeul 애인)

  1. hanja form? of 애인 (“lover, girlfriend, boyfriend”)
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