爱 愛 ài to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen) syn 信 xìn letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random syn 书 書 shū book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write syn 同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality / gay person / gay love 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc) syn 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 做爱 做愛 zuò ài to make love 字母 zì mǔ letter (of the alphabet) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other syn 热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently / to adore syn 写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter syn 喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite syn 来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter / to send us a letter syn 草莓 cǎo méi strawberry / CL:顆|颗[ke1] / (Tw) hickey / love bite syn 通信 tōng xìn to correspond (by letter etc) / to communicate / communication syn 己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn 信件 xìn jiàn letter (sent by mail) syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 初恋 初戀 chū liàn first love 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 饥渴 飢渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) 挚爱 摯愛 zhì ài true love syn 上报 上報 shàng bào to report to one's superiors / to appear in the news / to reply to a letter syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 回信 huí xìn to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:封[feng1] syn 爱意 愛意 ài yì love syn 一见钟情 一見鍾情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) syn 推荐信 推薦信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter 喜好 xǐ hào to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 邀请函 邀請函 yāo qǐng hán invitation letter / CL:封[feng1] syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 爱护 愛護 ài hù to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect syn 深情 shēn qíng deep emotion / deep feeling / deep love / affectionate / loving syn 维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) 情歌 qíng gē love song syn 欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 字谜 字謎 zì mí letter puzzle 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 阿尔法 阿爾法 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα) 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly syn 不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 爱神 愛神 ài shén god of love 无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc 友爱 友愛 yǒu ài friendly affection / fraternal love syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 告白 gào bái to announce publicly / to explain oneself / to reveal one's feelings / to confess / to declare one's love syn 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair syn 倾心 傾心 qīng xīn to admire wholeheartedly / to fall in love with syn 母爱 母愛 mǔ ài maternal love 博爱 博愛 bó ài to show love and compassion for all humankind 爱恋 愛戀 ài liàn in love with / to feel deeply attached to syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 赤字 chì zì (financial) deficit / red letter syn 打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts syn 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly / to feel sorry for sb / to regret / to grudge / to be distressed syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 情网 情網 qíng wǎng snare of love syn 翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 邮筒 郵筒 yóu tǒng mailbox / pillar box / (old) letter syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 爱爱 愛愛 ài ai (coll.) to make love 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn 书信 書信 shū xìn letter / epistle syn 情敌 情敵 qíng dí rival in love 介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference 房事 fáng shì sexual intercourse / to make love syn 挂号信 掛號信 guà hào xìn registered letter 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 情诗 情詩 qíng shī love poem 变心 變心 biàn xīn to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb 信纸 信紙 xìn zhǐ letter paper / writing paper syn 信函 xìn hán letter / piece of correspondence (incl. email) 饱含 飽含 bǎo hán to be full of (emotion) / to brim with (love, tears etc) syn 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 照会 照會 zhào huì a diplomatic note / letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments syn 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 春心 chūn xīn amorous feelings / stirrings of love syn 信笺 信箋 xìn jiān letter / letter paper syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 