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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ài-hô
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵e-wu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àihé
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àihé
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴-ho²
  - Yale: ài-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayher
  - Palladius: айхэ (ajxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi³ ho⁴
  - Yale: oi hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ ho⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ho⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ hɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-hô
  - Tâi-lô: ài-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ae'hooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ ho¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ hɤ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵e-wu
  - MiniDict: e^去 wu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²e-hhu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e³³ ɦu⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: 'ojH ha

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
Baxter	'ojH	ha
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	oi³	ho⁴

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.
(figurative) 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 […]

Synonyms

(love):

恩 (ēn)
恩愛／恩爱 (ēn'ài)
情愛／情爱 (qíng'ài)
愛／爱 (ài)
愛情／爱情 (àiqíng)
戀情／恋情 (liànqíng)

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

Ai River (the largest tributary on the right (Chinese) side of the Yalu/Amnok River in southeast Liaoning, China)
Love River (a river in Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Synonyms

(Ai River): (former name) 靉河／叆河 (Ài Hé)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

愛(あい)河(か) • (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(あい)河(かわ) • (Aikawa)

a surname

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