愛河

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	river
trad. (愛河)		愛	河
simp. (爱河)		爱	河

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àihé

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ ho⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ài-hô
Wu (Wiktionary): e hhu (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: àihé
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayher
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi³ ho⁴
  - Yale: oi hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ ho⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ho⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːy̯³³ hɔː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-hô
  - Tâi-lô: ài-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ae'hooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ho¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɤ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: e hhu (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /e̞³³ ɦv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʔʌi^H ɦɑ/▼

Rime
Character	愛	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏代切	胡歌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌi^H/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəi^H/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒi^H/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəj^H/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀi^H/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/ɒi^H/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ̆i^H/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài	hé

Noun

愛河

(Buddhism) the river of lust in which men are drowned once they have fallen; sexual desire, a hurdle on the path to enlightenment
- 愛河乾枯，令汝解脫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  爱河干枯，令汝解脱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Tang Dynasty, Śūraṅgama Sūtra (《楞嚴經》)
  Àihé gānkū, lìng rǔ jiětuō. [Pinyin]
  The river of love dried up in her, and she was able to set you free.
(figuratively) love (from which people cannot extricate themselves); long-lasting affection
墜入愛河 / 坠入爱河 ― zhuìrù àihé ― to fall in love
- 她雖然沉浸在愛河，但私下對女兒極為關愛 [MSC, trad.]
  她虽然沉浸在爱河，但私下对女儿极为关爱 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2017, 一身巨星气息藏不住·王菲带李嫣香港血拼
  tā suīrán chénjìn zài àihé, dàn sīxià duì nǚ'ér jí wéi guān'ài [Pinyin]
  Although she is deeply in love, she is still very caring to her daughter when they are together […]

Derived terms

三途愛河／三途爱河
墜入愛河／坠入爱河

墮入愛河／堕入爱河
永浴愛河／永浴爱河

Proper noun

愛河

Love River (a river in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
愛	河
あい Grade: 4	か Grade: 5
on’yomi

Proper noun

愛河 (hiragana あいか, rōmaji Aika)

A female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
愛	河
あい Grade: 4	かわ Grade: 5
jūbakoyomi

Proper noun

愛河 (hiragana あいかわ, rōmaji Aikawa)

A surname.

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