愛滋

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	excite; nourish; this
trad. (愛滋)		愛	滋
simp. (爱滋)		爱	滋
Literally: “caused by love(making)”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English AIDS. See 愛滋病／爱滋病 (àizībìng) for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àizī

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: àizī
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytzy
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: oi³ zi¹
  - Yale: oi jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːy̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    愛滋／爱滋
    愛知／爱知

Noun

愛滋

(～病) (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, medicine) AIDS

Synonyms

艾滋 (àizī)

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