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可愛

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See also: 可爱

| | can; may; able tocan; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) | to love; affection; to be fond ofto love; affection; to be fond of; to like | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | trad. (可愛) | 可 | 愛 | | simp. (可爱) | 可 | 爱 | | Literally: “can be loved; lovable”. | | |

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kě'ài
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho2 oi3
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-oi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-ài / khó-ài
(Teochew, Peng'im): ko2 ain3

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 Neipu)
  * Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-oi
  * Hakka Romanization System: koˋ oi
  * Hagfa Pinyim: ko3 oi4
  * Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  * Peng'im: ko2 ain3
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó àiⁿ
  * Sinological IPA (key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ ãĩ²¹³/

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

(cute):

Dialectal synonyms of 可愛 (“adorable; lovable; cute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	可愛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	可疼, 可人疼, 可愛
Taiwan	可愛
Singapore	可愛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡人, 喜人
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	心疼, 得人愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	愛人, 逗人愛, 乖
Wuhan	逗人疼, 逗人喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	討喜
Hefei	心疼人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得人愛, 得人中意, 得意
Hong Kong	得意
Taishan	得意
Yangjiang	得人愛
Gan	Nanchang	討人喜歡
Hakka	Meixian	得人惜
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Jin	Taiyuan	粘人, 惜人, 親, 奇特
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好惜, 得人怒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	好疼
Southern Min	Xiamen	得儂疼, 古錐, 古傑
Quanzhou	得儂疼, 古錐
Zhangzhou	得儂疼, 得儂惜, 古錐
Tainan	得儂疼, 得儂惜, 古錐
Penang (Hokkien)	趣味
Singapore (Hokkien)	古錐
Manila (Hokkien)	古錐, 得儂疼
Datian	得儂惜
Chaozhou	好惜
Shantou	好惜, 得儂惜, 可愛
Jieyang	好惜
Puning	好惜, 趣味, 可愛
Wu	Suzhou	討人喜歡
Wenzhou	有趣, 有趣相
Xiang	Changsha	逗人愛, 帶愛相, 愛人
Shuangfeng	帶愛相, 乖

(antonym(s) of “cute”): 可惡／可恶 (kěwù), 可憎 (kězēng)

可愛

(colloquial) cutie; cutie pie; darling
你是我的小可愛。 [MSC, _trad._]
你是我的小可爱。 [MSC, _simp._]
Nǐ shì wǒ de xiǎo kě'ài. [Pinyin]
You're my little cutie.

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)
(Japanese) 可愛(かわい)い (kawaii)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
可	愛

可愛

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

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