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挨
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- 挨
- āi · near, close by, next to, towards, against; to wait; to lean on
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Mandarin tones
1 · ai1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
aai1 · ngaai4 · oi2
Cantonese word readings for 挨. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to hit from behind; to hit the back
- to get close to; to be next to
- to depend on; to rely on
- to crowd; to push and squeeze
- to follow in sequence; to be someone's turn; to go one by one
- (dialectal Mandarin) at
- (Cantonese) to lean on
- (Hokkien, Teochew) to grind
- (Hokkien, Hakka) to play (a stringed instrument)
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- to suffer; to endure; to put up with
- to drag out; to delay; to stall
- to struggle to pull through; to wait (for a long time)
- to drag on; to scrabble for a living
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