酷愛

See also: 酷爱

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (酷愛)		酷	愛
simp. (酷爱)		酷	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kù'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ oi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khok-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kù'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kù-ài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-ai⁴
    • Yale: kù-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhay
    • Palladius: ку’ай (ku’aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ oi³
    • Yale: huhk oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² ɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-ài
    • Tâi-lô: khok-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qok'aix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ai²¹/

Verb

酷愛

1. to have a passion for; to be keen on; to ardently love

Synonyms

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• 喜好 (xǐhào)
• 喜愛 / 喜爱 (xǐ'ài)
• 喜歡 / 喜欢
• 嗜好 (shìhào)
• 心愛 / 心爱 (xīn'ài)
• 愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
• 欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
• 歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ) (literary or regional)
• 熱愛 / 热爱 (rè'ài)
• 熱衷 / 热衷 (rèzhōng)
• 稀罕 (colloquial, usually in the negative)
• 酷好 (kùhào)