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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ai1
- English meanings
- in order, in sequence, close to, adjacent to, to suffer, to endure, to pull through (hard times), to delay, to stall, to play for time, to dawdle
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 矣.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
矣 is identified as the sound component (yǐ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 挨.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
sorrow; mourn
swounds
mild exclamation/sigh
dust; Egypt
love
tumor
white (as snow)
low
hinder; obstruct
mugwort; stop
kind; amiable
narrow; pass
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 忍饥挨饿
- 挨家挨户
- 挨打
- 挨着