āi
Pinyin

Definition

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ái
  1. to suffer
  2. to endure
  3. to pull through (hard times)
  4. to delay
  5. to stall
  6. to play for time
  7. to dawdle
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āi
  1. in order
  2. in sequence
  3. close to
  4. adjacent to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

āi
  1. 1 in order
  2. 2 in sequence
  3. 3 close to
  4. 4 adjacent to
āi jiā āi hù
  1. 1 to go from house to house
ái dǎ
  1. 1 to take a beating
  2. 2 to get thrashed
  3. 3 to come under attack
ái pī
  1. 1 to be criticized
  2. 2 to suffer blame
ái zòu
  1. 1 to be beaten
  2. 2 to take a drubbing
  3. 3 buffeted
  4. 4 knocked about
ái mà
  1. 1 to receive a scolding
ái è
  1. 1 to go hungry
  2. 2 to endure starvation
  3. 3 famished
rěn jī ái è
  1. 1 starving
  2. 2 famished
āi gè
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 in turn
āi gè r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 挨個|挨个[āi gè]
ái cī r5
  1. 1 to suffer a rebuke
  2. 2 criticized
ái zǎi
  1. 1 to get ripped off
āi jiā
  1. 1 from house to house, one by one
ái jǐ
  1. 1 to crowd together
  2. 2 to jostle
  3. 3 squeezed
ái zhěng
  1. 1 to be the target of an attack
ái fá
  1. 1 to be punished
  2. 2 to be fined
āi jìn
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to get close to
  3. 3 to sneak up on
  4. 4 near to
āi biān
  1. 1 to keep close to the edge
  2. 2 near the mark
  3. 3 close to (the true figure)
  4. 4 relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)
āi mén
  1. 1 from door to door, one by one
āi mén āi hù
  1. 1 see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户[āi jiā āi hù]

Idioms (2)

挨打受气
ái dǎ shòu qì
  1. 1 to suffer bullying and beating (idiom)
挨打受骂
ái dǎ shòu mà
  1. 1 to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你这什么名堂,我看它最挨骂的就是这不接地气的电池租用交换模式,你倒是赞不绝口,你这是讲真的还是讲假的?
nǐ zhè shénme míngtang ,wǒ kàn tā zuì ái mà de jiùshì zhè bù jiēdèqì de diànchí zū yòng jiāohuàn móshì ,nǐ dàoshì zànbùjuékǒu ,nǐ zhè shì jiǎng zhēnde háishì jiǎng jiǎde ?
What the heck are you talking about? I thought it was the impracticality of this battery-swapping network that was the source of criticism for the company, but you can't stop singing its praises. Are you being serious?
啊?!完了完了,今天又要挨批了,光顾着聊天了。
ā ?!wán le le wán le le ,jīntiān yòu yào áipī le ,guānggù zhe liáotiān le 。
What? Oh no, I'm done for, I'll be called out again, I was so focused on chatting.
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那么多驴友上传了游记,肯定能反映一些真实情况。总比自己啥也不清楚,去了挨宰强吧?
nàme duō lǘyǒu shàngchuán le yóujì ,kěndìng néng fǎnyìng yīxiē zhēnshí qíngkuàng 。zǒngbǐ zìjǐ shá yě bù qīngchǔ ,qù le áizǎi qiáng ba ?
With so many travelers writing travel guides, they can definitely reflect something of the real situation. In any case it's better than going there without a clue and getting ripped off, right?
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你这句话说得太对了。女人一辈子都要受这些没人性的道德标准约束。在琼瑶剧里就有好多这样的苦命女人,不守寡就会被拉到牌坊下面,罚跪啊,挨打啊,受人唾弃啊,被砸臭鸡蛋啊,受尽折磨。
nǐ zhè jù huà shuō de tài duì le 。nǚrén yībèizi dōu yào shòu zhèxiē méi rénxìng de dàodé biāozhǔn yuēshù 。zài Qióngyáo jù lǐ jiù yǒu hǎo duō zhèyàng de kǔmìng nǚrén ,bù shǒuguǎ jiù huì bèi lādào páifāng xiàmian ,fáguì a ,áidǎ a ,shòu rén tuòqì a ,bèi zá chòujīdàn a ,shòu jìn zhémó 。
You're so right. Women are bound by these inhumane ethical standards their whole lives. In qiong yao dramas there are many of these kinds of pitiable women. They choose not to remain widows, so they get dragged to the base of these arches and are punished. They're forced to kneel and get beaten, they get rotten eggs thrown at them, and they're spurned by everyone. They endure a lot of persecution.
好吧、好吧。但是你要注意看。要不然我也要跟着你挨批评。
hǎo ba 、hǎo ba 。dànshì nǐ yào zhùyì kàn 。yàoburán wǒ yě yào gēn zhe nǐ áipīpíng 。
Fine, fine. But you need to watch closely. Otherwise, I'll be criticized along with you.
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