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爱情 àiqíng “romance” in Chinese

Traditional 愛情

What 爱情 means

  1. romance
  2. love (romantic)

Measure word 份 fèn · 一份爱情 yí fèn àiqíng

How to say 爱情

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale情qíng2nd tone, rising

爱情 in a sentence

  1. 我相信爱情。

    Wǒ xiāngxìn àiqíng.

    I believe in love.

    Sentence #5613718 from Tatoeba

  2. 爱情对你来说是否只是一个游戏？

    Àiqíng duì nǐ lái shuō shìfǒu zhǐshì yí ge yóuxì?

    Is love just a game to you?

    Sentence #4408185 from Tatoeba

  3. 没有爱情的生活毫无意义。

    Méiyǒu àiqíng de shēnghuó háowú yìyì.

    Life without love has no meaning at all.

    Sentence #334157 from Tatoeba

How 爱情 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 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

How to write 爱情

爱 10 strokes · 情 11 strokes

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

Words related to 爱情

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恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear爱心àixīn · compassion

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial感情gǎnqíng · emotion同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene激情jīqíng · passion

More words: People, Body & Health

牙yá · tooth住院zhùyuàn · to be in hospital身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital儿童értóng · child房东fángdōng · landlord父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother

FAQs

爱情 (àiqíng) means “romance” or “love (romantic)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it àiqíng: ài with a 4th tone, then qíng with a 2nd 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, 爱情 is written 愛情. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 份 (fèn). For example, one romance is 一份爱情 (yí fèn àiqíng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aiqing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爱情 from the suggestions. Typing aiqing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爱情 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.