愛

ài

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Transitive stative verbNoun

愛 (ài) is a Chinese word meaning “to love; to be fond of; to like”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to love; to be fond of; to like
  2. affection
  3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

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Example

我愛我的家人。

I love my family.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).