溺愛

See also: 溺爱

Chinese

		urinate; urine; drown urinate; urine; drown; indulge; be addicted to	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (溺愛)		溺	愛
simp. (溺爱)		溺	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nì'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nik⁶ oi³, nik¹ oi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k-ài / le̍k-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì-ài
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-ai⁴
    • Yale: nì-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihay
    • Palladius: ниай (niaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nik⁶ oi³, nik¹ oi³
    • Yale: nihk oi, nīk oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁹ oi³, nik⁷ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nig⁶ oi³, nig¹ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚² ɔːi̯³³/, /nɪk̚⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-ài
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liag'aix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² ai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-ài
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leg'aix
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² ai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² ai²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ai²¹/

Verb

溺愛

1. to love someone excessively (especially in a foolish way); to dote on; to pamper (one's child); to spoil

Synonyms

• 嬌／娇 (jiāo)
• 嬌慣／娇惯 (jiāoguàn)
• 嬌縱／娇纵 (jiāozòng)
• 寵愛／宠爱 (chǒng'ài)
• 慣／惯 (guàn)
• 放縱／放纵 (fàngzòng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溺	愛
でき Grade: S	あい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) できあい [dèkíáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [de̞kʲia̠i]

Noun

溺(でき)愛(あい) • (dekiai) 

1. pampering; spoiling

Verb

溺(でき)愛(あい)する • (dekiai suru) suru (stem 溺(でき)愛(あい)し (dekiai shi), past 溺(でき)愛(あい)した (dekiai shita))

1. to love someone excessively (especially in a foolish way); to dote on; to pamper (one's child); to spoil

Conjugation

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

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