爱情愛情 àiqíng — love, romance (between partners)
àiqíng (fourth tone, falling)ai4qing2
Traditional: 愛情
love, romance (between partners)
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)noun
Meanings
love, romance (between partners)
情 is feeling in general; 爱情 narrows it to one kind. A parent’s love or a friend’s stays plain 爱, but the love between partners — the subject of every love song — takes the fuller word.
noun
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 这是一个关于爱情的电影。這是一個關於愛情的電影。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) guānyú (first tone, high and level) àiqíng (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) diànyǐng. (fourth tone, falling)···
This is a film about love.
- 她相信爱情，也相信自己。她相信愛情，也相信自己。Tā (first tone, high and level) xiāngxìn (first tone, high and level) àiqíng, (fourth tone, falling) yě (third tone, dipping) xiāngxìn (first tone, high and level) zìjǐ. (fourth tone, falling)···
She believes in love, and she believes in herself.