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慈愛

慈愛

See also: 慈爱

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (慈愛)		慈	愛
simp. (慈爱)		慈	爱

Adjective

慈愛

loving; affectionate; kind

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cí'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ oi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀-oi
Min Nan (POJ): chîr-ài / chû-ài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cí'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyray
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ oi³
  - Yale: chìh oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ oi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ ɔːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀-oi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ oi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci² oi⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹ o̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr-ài
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr-ài
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴⁻²² aɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-ài
  - Tâi-lô: tsû-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ aɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³⁻³³ aɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴⁻²² aɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³⁻²² aɪ²¹/