可愛

See also: 可爱

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kě'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² oi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-oi
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-ài / khó-ài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kě'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kě-ài
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-ai⁴
  - Yale: kě-ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeay
  - Palladius: кэай (kɛaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² oi³
  - Yale: hó oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² oi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-oi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko` oi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ oi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-ài
  - Tâi-lô: khónn-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvofaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-ài
  - Tâi-lô: khó-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/

Adjective

可愛

cute; adorable; lovable
他覺得你的狗很可愛。 [MSC, trad.]
他觉得你的狗很可爱。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā juéde nǐ de gǒu hěn kě'ài. [Pinyin]
He thinks your dog is very cute.
(Internet slang, ACG, of a male) feminine; effeminate

Synonyms

(cute):

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Antonyms

(cute): 可惡／可恶 (kěwù), 可憎 (kězēng)

Noun

可愛

(colloquial) cutie; cutie pie; darling
你是我的小可愛。／你是我的小可爱。 ― Nǐ shì wǒ de xiǎo kě'ài. ― You're my little cutie.

Synonyms

圞心／𪢮心 (lonn² sin¹) (Xiang)
圞心蒂子／𪢮心蒂子 (lonn² sin¹ di⁴ zr) (Xiang)
寶寶／宝宝
寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative)
心肝 (xīngān) (figurative)
心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
甜心 (tiánxīn)
親愛的／亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (可愛):

→ Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Korean: 가애(可愛) (gaae)
→ Vietnamese: khả ái (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

See also

(Japanese) 可愛(かわい)い (kawaii)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
可	愛

Adjective

可愛

chữ Hán form of khả ái (“lovable, likable, nice”).

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