割愛

See also: 割爱

Chinese

		cut off	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (割愛)		割	愛
simp. (割爱)		割	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gē'ài, gé'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄞˋ, ㄍㄜˊ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): got³ oi³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kat-ài / koah-ài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guah⁴ ain³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gē'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ge-ài
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-ai⁴
    • Yale: gē-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geay
    • Palladius: гэай (gɛaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect [Sun, 2018])⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé-ài
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-ai⁴
    • Yale: gé-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geray
    • Palladius: гэай (gɛaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: got³ oi³
    • Yale: got oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: got⁸ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: god³ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːt̚³ ɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kat-ài
    • Tâi-lô: kat-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kat'aix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kat̚³²⁻⁴ ai¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kat̚³²⁻⁵ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kat̚³²⁻⁴ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah-ài
    • Tâi-lô: kuah-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koah'aix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua(ʔ)⁵ ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guah⁴ ain³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuah àiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaʔ²⁻⁴ ãĩ²¹³/

Verb

割愛

1. to reluctantly give up what one treasures; to unwillingly relinquish one's favourite; to forsake
   • 1999, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格第二部, episode 23, 刘丹 (actor):

     當初我奉父命進宮伺候皇上，我爹的確是懷著「忍痛割愛」的心情。 [MSC, trad.]
     当初我奉父命进宫伺候皇上，我爹的确是怀着「忍痛割爱」的心情。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dāngchū wǒ fèng fù mìng jìn gōng cìhou huángshàng, wǒ diē díquè shì huái zhe “rěntònggé'ài” de xīnqíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 忍痛割愛 / 忍痛割爱

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
割	愛
かつ Grade: 6	あい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かつあい [kàtsúáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨa̠i]

Noun

割(かつ)愛(あい) • (katsuai) 

1. parting reluctantly with

Verb

割(かつ)愛(あい)する • (katsuai suru) suru (stem 割(かつ)愛(あい)し (katsuai shi), past 割(かつ)愛(あい)した (katsuai shita))

1. part reluctantly with; give up reluctantly
2. omit, spare, leave out

Conjugation

Conjugation of "割愛する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	割愛し	かつあいし	katsuai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	割愛し	かつあいし	katsuai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	割愛する	かつあいする	katsuai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	割愛する	かつあいする	katsuai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	割愛すれ	かつあいすれ	katsuai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	割愛せよ¹ 割愛しろ²	かつあいせよ¹ かつあいしろ²	katsuai seyo¹ katsuai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	割愛される	かつあいされる	katsuai sareru
Causative	割愛させる 割愛さす	かつあいさせる かつあいさす	katsuai saseru katsuai sasu
Potential	割愛できる	かつあいできる	katsuai dekiru
Volitional	割愛しよう	かつあいしよう	katsuai shiyō
Negative	割愛しない	かつあいしない	katsuai shinai
Negative continuative	割愛せず	かつあいせず	katsuai sezu
Formal	割愛します	かつあいします	katsuai shimasu
Perfective	割愛した	かつあいした	katsuai shita
Conjunctive	割愛して	かつあいして	katsuai shite
Hypothetical conditional	割愛すれば	かつあいすれば	katsuai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
割	愛

Noun

割愛 • (harae) (hangeul 할애)

1. hanja form^? of 할애 (“forsaking, parting with”)