令愛

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (令愛)		令	愛
simp. (令爱)		令	爱
alternative forms		令嬡／令嫒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìng'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ oi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìng'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìng-ài
  - Wade–Giles: ling⁴-ai⁴
  - Yale: lìng-ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqay
  - Palladius: линъай (linʺaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁶ oi³
  - Yale: lihng oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ oi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² ɔːi̯³³/

Noun

令愛

(honorific) your daughter; your precious daughter
- 1864, William Lobscheid, Grammar of the Chinese Language, page 31:
  
  有幾多位令愛呢 [Cantonese, trad.]
  有几多位令爱呢 [Cantonese, simp.]
  jau⁵ gei² do¹ wai⁶ ling⁶ oi³ ne¹ [Jyutping]
  How many daughters have you?

Synonyms

令媛 (lìngyuàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令愛):

→ Korean: 영애(令愛) (yeong'ae), 령애(令愛) (ryeong'ae)