挨
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICTāi 挨
- in order; in sequence
- close to; adjacent to
ái 挨
- to suffer; to endure
- to pull through (hard times)
- to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
In a sentence
2 examples他挨着窗户坐下,静静地看外面的风景。
He sat down close to the window and quietly looked at the scenery outside.
他小时候挨过很多苦,所以特别珍惜现在的生活。
He endured a lot of hardship as a child, so he especially cherishes his life now.
How to write
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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.
