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愛人

简爱人 · 繁愛人

Mandarin · pinyin ài ren

spouse (PRC)
lover (non-PRC)
Classifier: 個 gè

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愛: ài · love, be fond of, like
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
爱: ài · love, be fond of, like

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4–5 · ai4 ren5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

oi3 jan4

Cantonese word readings for 愛人. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(Mainland China or dialectal) spouse; husband or wife
sweetheart; lover
(literary) lovable person

adj

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

verb

(Classical) to love the people

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