挨 (āi): in order, in sequence, close to, adjacent to, to suffer, to endure
挨 (āi) is a Chinese character meaning “in order.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 矣 (phonetic). It ranks #1984 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 挨 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- in order
- in sequence
- close to
- adjacent to
- to suffer
- to endure
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挨饿 | ái è | to go hungry |
| 挨打 | ái dǎ | to take a beating |
| 挨着 | āi zhe | near |
| 挨揍 | ái zòu | to be beaten |
| 挨家挨户 | āi jiā āi hù | to go from house to house |
| 挨个 | āi gè | one by one |
| 挨骂 | ái mà | to receive a scolding |
| 挨批 | ái pī | to be criticized |
| 挨近 | āi jìn | to approach |
| 挨个儿 | āi gè r | erhua variant of 挨個|挨个[ai1 ge4] |
| 挨整 | ái zhěng | to be the target of an attack |
| 挨门挨户 | āi mén āi hù | see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户[ai1 jia1 ai1 hu4] |
| 挨斗 | ái dòu | to suffer censure |
| 挨打受气 | ái dǎ shòu qì | to suffer bullying and beating (idiom) |
| 挨不上 | āi bù shàng | to be irrelevant |
挨 appears in 41 compound words: 95 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 挨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
挨照镜子,整理一下自己的仪容。
āi zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
酷澎个资外泄!只赔千元折价券挨批没诚意 律师:最高可求偿2万
kù péng gè zī wài xiè ! zhī péi qiān yuán zhé jià quàn āi pī méi chéng yì lǜ shī : zuì gāo kě qiú cháng 2 wàn
Cool Peng's personal information leaked! Only 1,000 yuan discount coupon was criticized for being insincere Lawyer: Up to 20,000 yuan can be claimed
深夜清通风井挨批 北捷致歉允诺改善
shēn yè qīng tōng fēng jǐng āi pī běi jié zhì qiàn yǔn nuò gǎi shàn
Late at night, the ventilation shaft was criticized, and Beijie apologized and promised to improve
高永表挨轰后回稳!金泽延飙154公里 WBC韩国...
gāo yǒng biǎo āi hōng hòu huí wěn ! jīn zé yán biāo 1 5 4 gōng lǐ W B C hán guó . . .
Gao Yongbiao stabilized after being bombarded! Kanazawa soared 154 kilometers WBC South Korea...
...天机试炼场》粗俗发言开殉职案玩笑?全炫茂挨轰急灭火
. . . tiān jī shì liàn chǎng cū sú fā yán kāi 殉 zhí àn wán xiào ? quán xuàn mào āi hōng jí miè huǒ
... "Tianji Proving Ground" vulgar speech joke about the death of the line of duty? Quan Xuanmao was bombarded and quickly extinguished the fire
7千万修复儒考棚变特卖会场!挨轰糟蹋古迹 市府称:短期个案
7 qiān wàn xiū fù rú kǎo péng biàn tè mài huì chǎng ! āi hōng zāo tà gǔ jì shì fǔ chèn : duǎn qī gè àn
70 million repaired Confucian examination shed into a special sale venue! The city government said: short-term case
世界上许多人在挨饿。
Shìjiè shàng xǔduō rén zài ái'è.
Many people are suffering from hunger around the world.
我过了难挨的一天。
Wǒ guò le nán ái de yī tiān.
I had a hard day.
我们村挨近火车站。
Wǒmen cūn āijìn huǒchēzhàn.
Our village is close to the railway station.
每年,这个机构组织很多会议的志工挨家挨户地卖弗里斯兰语书。
Měinián, zhège jīgòu zǔzhī hěn duō huìyì de zhìgōng āijiā'āihù de mài fúlǐsīlán yǔ shū.
Every year, the organisation organises a number of meetings of volunteers who go door-to-door to sell Frisian books.
Character Family
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