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挨飢抵餓

简挨饥抵饿 · 繁挨飢抵餓

Mandarin · pinyin ái jī dǐ è

to suffer from hunger

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挨: āi · near, close by, next to, towards, against; to wait; to lean on
飢: Look up this written character
抵: dǐ · resist, oppose; deny; off-set
餓: Look up this written character
饥: jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
饿: è · hungry; greedy for; hunger

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2–1–3–4 · ai2 ji1 di3 e4

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ngaai4 gei1 dai2 ngo6

Cantonese word readings for 挨飢抵餓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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