ái

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  • 1

    v.suffer; endure; put up with

    • nǐ yī dìng yào yǎo yá ái guò

      一定咬牙

      You know you've got to endure this.

    • wǒ men bù néng xiù shǒu páng guān ràng yī xiē rén ái è

      我们不能袖手旁观一些饿

      We can't stand by and let the people starve.

    • tā fàn cuò ái le bà ba yī dùn dǎ

      犯错爸爸

      He made a mistake and got a beating from his father.

  • 2

    v.drag out; struggle to pull through (hard times)

    • wǒ men zǒng suàn ái guò lai le

      我们总算过来

      We've pulled through at long last.

    • zǒng suàn yòu ái guò le yī tiān

      总算

      Another day dragged by.

    • tā men hǎo róng yì ái dào tiān liàng

      他们容易天亮

      They managed to hold out till dawn.

  • 3

    v.delay; stall; put off; drag on

    • nǐ bù yào ái shí jiān le zuò diǎn yǒu yì de shì ba

      不要时间有益

      You can stop dawdling and do something useful!

    • wèi shén me fēi yào ái dào xià gè xīng qī bù kě ne

      为什么非要星期

      Why should it be put off till next week?

Words and phrases with 挨

Word usage

  • Note
    When pronounced as "āi", "挨" means "be close/next to or be close/next to"; when pronounced as "ái", it means "suffer, endure, or struggle to pull through", such as "挨打".

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Chinese Characters with pinyin ái