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戀愛

戀愛

See also: 恋爱 and 恋愛

Chinese

		feel attached to; long for; love	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (戀愛)		戀	愛
simp. (恋爱)		恋	爱
anagram		愛戀／爱恋

Verb

戀愛

to love; to be in love
to have an affair

Noun

戀愛

(romantic) love
love affair

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liàn'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun² oi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lien-oi
Min Nan (POJ): loân-ài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liàn'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liannay
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lyun² oi³
  - Yale: lyún oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lyn² oi³
  - IPA ^(key): /lyːn³⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien-oi
  - Hakka Romanization System: lien oi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴ oi⁴
  - IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵ o̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân-ài
  - Tâi-lô: luân-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loan'aix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴⁻²² aɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴⁻²² aɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³⁻²² aɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴⁻¹¹ aɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³⁻³³ aɪ²¹/