仁愛

See also: 仁爱

Chinese

		humane; kernel	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (仁愛)		仁	愛
simp. (仁爱)		仁	爱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rén'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ oi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yìn-oi
Min Nan (POJ): jîn-ài / lîn-ài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rén'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rén-ài
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-ai⁴
  - Yale: rén-ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renay
  - Palladius: жэньай (žɛnʹaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ oi³
  - Yale: yàhn oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ oi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ ɔːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-oi
  - Hakka Romanization System: inˇ oi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin² oi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /in¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-oi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)inˇ oi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin² oi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-ài
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jin'aix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² ai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ ai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ài
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lin'aix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ai¹¹/

Adjective

仁愛

benevolent; kindhearted

Synonyms

Synonyms of 仁愛

仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
仁慈 (réncí)
友善 (yǒushàn)
和善 (héshàn)
善良 (shànliáng)
好心 (hǎoxīn)
惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
慈祥 (cíxiáng)
祥和 (xiánghé)

腍善 (Cantonese)
可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
和氣／和气 (héqi)
和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
隨和／随和 (suíhé)

Noun

仁愛

benevolence; kindheartedness

Synonyms

仁慈 (réncí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仁愛):

→ Japanese: 仁(じん)愛(あい) (jin'ai)
→ Korean: 인애(仁愛) (inae)
→ Vietnamese: nhân ái (仁愛)

Proper noun

仁愛

(～區) Ren-ai (a district of Keelung City, Taiwan)
(～鄉) Ren-ai, Ren'ai (a mountain indigenous township in Nantou, Taiwan)
(～里, formerly ～村) An urban village in Linkou district, New Taipei, Taiwan, formerly a rural village

Further reading

“Entry #752”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仁	愛
じん Grade: 6	あい Grade: 4

Etymology

From 仁 (jin, “benevolence”) + 愛 (ai, “love”).

Noun

仁(じん)愛(あい) • (jin'ai)

benevolence, charity

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