Mandarin Learning Basic

The love words 爱 is a sample for this topic, that’s spell ‘ai(4)’. It is a verb if uses itself, in mandarin, this word have a many different kind of use. We can combinate this word with other to become another meaning. Ok let’s see some sample:

可爱 these words spell ‘khe(3) ai(4)’ have a meaning ‘cute, lovely, lovable’
爱好 these words spell ‘ai(4) hao(4)’ have a meaning ‘hobby’
爱情 these words spell ‘ai(4) qing(2)’ have a meaning ‘love(adverb)’
爱人 these words spell ‘ai(4) ren(2)’ have a meaning ‘lover’
心爱 these words spell ‘xin(1) ai(4)’ have a meaning ‘love, treasure’

There are still more that’s this word can be combinated, sometimes I need the more time to spend to learn a mandarin.