愛人

See also: 爱人

Chinese
 
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. [Pinyin]
    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 Chinese) 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
kan’on

Etymology

(to love people) Borrowed from Middle Chinese 愛人 (MC ʔʌiH ȵiɪn).

Pronunciation

Noun

愛人 (hiragana あいじん, rōmaji aijin)

  1. a lover, a mistress
    Implies an extramarital relationship. Most often used by a man in reference to a woman.
  2. (archaic) a sweetheart, a loved one
  3. (dated) to love people in general

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 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”).
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