HSK 5 · Adjectives

亲爱 qīn'ài “dear” in Chinese

Traditional 親愛

What 亲爱 means

  1. dear
  2. beloved
  3. darling

How to say 亲爱

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亲qīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling

亲爱 in a sentence

  1. 亲爱的，给客人端点咖啡吧。

    Qīn'ài de, gěi kèrén duān diǎn kāfēi ba.

    Darling, could you bring the guests some coffee?

    Sentence #4265178 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 亲爱的，我们跳舞吧。

    Qīn'ài de, wǒmen tiàowǔ ba.

    Let’s dance, darling.

    Sentence #335368 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你在做什么呢，亲爱的？

    Nǐ zài zuò shénme ne, qīn'ài de?

    What are you doing, darling?

    Sentence #13258731 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 亲爱 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 亲 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
亲qīnparent
  • 立stand · lì
  • 一one · yī
  • 小small · xiǎo
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.

How to write 亲爱

亲 9 strokes · 爱 10 strokes

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

Words related to 亲爱

Words with 亲

父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)亲切qīnqiè · amiable亲自qīnzì · personally亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate

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爱心àixīn · compassion

More words: Adjectives

谦虚qiānxū · modest浅qiǎn · shallow强烈qiángliè · strong巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious亲切qīnqiè · amiable勤奋qínfèn · hardworking青qīng · green清淡qīngdàn · light (of food

FAQs

亲爱 (qīn’ài) means “dear” or “beloved”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qīn’ài: qīn with a 1st tone, then ài 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, 亲爱 is written 親愛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亲爱 from the suggestions. Typing qinai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亲爱 is an HSK 5 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.