HSK 6 · Emotions

爱戴 àidài “to love and respect” in Chinese

Traditional 愛戴

What 爱戴 means

  1. to love and respect

How to say 爱戴

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale戴dài4th tone, falling

爱戴 in a sentence

  1. 这位老校长深受学生们爱戴。

    Zhè wèi lǎo xiàozhǎng shēnshòu xuéshengmen àidài.

    This old headmaster is deeply loved and respected by his students.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她是一位受人爱戴的医生。

    Tā shì yí wèi shòu rén àidài de yīshēng.

    She’s a doctor who is loved and respected by everyone.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 爱戴 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

The character 戴 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
戴dàito put on or wear
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 異different

How to write 爱戴

爱 10 strokes · 戴 17 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

爱戴 (àidài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 爱戴 (àidài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 爱戴

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱好àihào · hobby爱人àiren · husband or wife喜爱xǐ'ài · to like爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear

Words with 戴

戴dài · to wear (glasses

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

在乎zàihu · to care about珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure自豪zìháo · proud (of an achievement)爱不释手àibúshìshǒu · to love something too much to put it down巴不得bābudé · to be eager to抱负bàofù · aspiration悲哀bēi'āi · sorrowful鄙视bǐshì · to despise

FAQs

爱戴 (àidài) means “to love and respect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it àidài: ài with a 4th tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 爱戴 is written 愛戴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aidai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爱戴 from the suggestions. Typing aidai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爱戴 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.