挨 aai¹ {āi}

(Cantonese) 1. lean towards 2. to bear or endure

挨 aai¹ {āi}

1. in order
2. in sequence
3. close to
4. adjacent to

挨 aai¹ {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

挨憑〔-凭〕 aai¹ bang⁶ {āi píng}

to lean on, against; the backrest of a chair

挨晚 aai¹ maan⁵ {āi wǎn}

evening

挨屏 aai¹ peng¹ {āi píng}

chairs' backrest

挨拼 aai¹ ping³ {āi pīn}

the back of a chair

捱得〔挨-〕 ngaai⁴ dak¹ {āi de}

high endurance

捱夜〔挨-〕 ngaai⁴ je² {āi yè}

(verb) to stay up late; to stay up all night; to burn the midnight oil

捱餓〔挨饿〕 ngaai⁴ ngo⁶ {ái è}

to endure hunger

挨齋〔-斋〕 ngaai⁴ zaai¹ {āi zhāi}

being a vegetarian; only surviving on vegetables

挨邊〔-边〕 aai¹ bin¹ {āi biān}

1. to keep close to the edge
2. near the mark
3. close to (the true figure)
4. relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)

挨擦 aai¹ caat³ {āi cā}

1. to press against
2. to nuzzle up to

挨次 aai¹ ci³ {āi cì}

1. in sequence
2. in the proper order
3. one by one
4. in turn

挨打 aai¹ daa² {ái dǎ}

1. to take a beating
2. to get thrashed
3. to come under attack

挨家 aai¹ gaa¹ {āi jiā}

from house to house, one by one

挨近 aai¹ gan⁶ {āi jìn}

1. to approach
2. to get close to
3. to sneak up on
4. near to

挨個〔-个〕 aai¹ go³ {āi gè}

1. one by one
2. in turn

挨罵〔-骂〕 aai¹ maa⁶ {ái mà}

to receive a scolding

挨門〔-门〕 aai¹ mun⁴ {āi mén}

from door to door, one by one

挨餓〔-饿〕 aai¹ ngo⁶ {ái è}

1. to go hungry
2. to endure starvation
3. famished

挨踢 aai¹ tek³ {Āi Tī}

information technology (IT) (loanword)

挨戶〔-户〕 aai¹ wu⁶ {āi hù}

from house to house, one by one

挨擠〔-挤〕 aai¹ zai¹ {ái jǐ}

1. to crowd together
2. to jostle
3. squeezed

挨著〔-着〕 aai¹ zoek⁶ {āi zhe}

near

挨鬥〔-斗〕 ngaai⁴ dau³ {ái dòu}

1. to suffer censure
2. denounced

挨剋〔-克〕 ngaai⁴ hak¹ {ái kēi}

1. to be rebuked
2. to suffer blows

捱延〔挨-〕 ngaai⁴ jin⁴ {ái yán}

1. to delay
2. to stretch out
3. to play for time

挨批 ngaai⁴ pai¹ {ái pī}

1. to be criticized
2. to suffer blame

挨揍 ngaai⁴ zau³ {ái zòu}

1. to be beaten
2. to take a drubbing
3. buffeted
4. knocked about

挨整 ngaai⁴ zing² {ái zhěng}

to be the target of an attack

挨宰 ngaai⁴ zoi² {ái zǎi}

to get ripped off

挨拼椅 ngaai¹ peng¹ ji² {āi pīn yǐ}

noun; backrest chair

挨夾棍〔-夹-〕 ngaai⁴ gaap³ gwan³ {āi jiā gùn}

receiving attacks from both sides

捱穀種〔挨谷种〕 ngaai⁴ guk¹ zung² {āi gǔ zhǒng}

to survive on one's saving

捱義氣〔挨义气〕 ngaai⁴ ji⁶ hei³ {āi yì qi}

noun; it means sense of honour, the spirit of brotherhood, they do me a huge favor

捱騾仔〔挨骡-〕 ngaai⁴ leoi⁴ zai² {āi luó zǐ}

working slavishly

捱麵包〔挨面-〕 ngaai⁴ min⁶ baau¹ {āi miàn bāo}

lit. to survive on bread; meaning one has to save on food cost for living and survival

捱世界〔挨--〕 ngaai⁴ sai³ gaai³ {āi shì jiè}

(slang) to endure difficulties in life for living and surviving; to persevere through a hard working life

挨不上 aai¹ bat¹ soeng⁵ {āi bù shàng}

1. to be irrelevant
2. to be superfluous

挨肩兒〔--儿〕 aai¹ gin¹ ji⁴ {āi jiān r}

1. in rapid succession (of children, close in age)
2. shoulder-to-shoulder

挨時間〔-时间〕 aai¹ si⁴ gaan³ {ái shí jiān}

1. to stall
2. to play for time

挨頭子〔-头-〕 aai¹ tau⁴ zi² {ái tóu zi}

1. to be criticized
2. to suffer blame

挨板子 ngaai⁴ baan² zi² {ái bǎn zi}

1. to suffer beating
2. fig. to be severely criticized
3. to take a hammering

挨呲兒〔--儿〕 ngaai⁴ zi¹ ji⁴ {ái cī r}

1. to suffer a rebuke
2. criticized

挨年近晚 aai¹ nin⁴ gan⁶ maan⁵ {āi nián jìn wǎn}

close to end of (lunar) year

挨更抵夜 ngaai⁴ gaang¹ dai² je⁶ {āi gèng dǐ yè}

to stay up all night

捱更抵夜〔挨---〕 ngaai⁴ gaang¹ dai² je⁶ {āi gèng dǐ yè}

(verb) to stay up late working; ) to work overtime; to work all day and night

挨生挨死 ngaai⁴ saang¹ ngaai⁴ sei² {āi shēng āi sǐ}

Working very hard and living hard lives; to endure hardships

捱生捱死〔挨---〕 ngaai⁴ sang¹ ngaai⁴ sei² {āi shēng ái sǐ}

bear the pain and hardship (spoken)

挨家挨戶〔---户〕 aai¹ gaa¹ aai¹ wu⁶ {āi jiā āi hù}

1. to go from house to house
2. house-to-house (search)

挨打受氣〔---气〕 ngaai⁴ daa² sau⁶ hei³ {ái dǎ shòu qì}

to suffer bullying and beating (idiom)

挨打受罵〔---骂〕 ngaai⁴ daa² sau⁶ maa⁶ {ái dǎ shòu mà}

to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom)

挨飢抵餓〔-饥-饿〕 ngaai⁴ gei¹ dai² ngo⁶ {ái jī dǐ è}

to suffer from hunger

挨門，挨戶〔-门--户〕 aai¹ mun⁴ ，aai¹ wu⁶ {āi mén , āi hù}

1. to go from house to house
2. house-to-house (search)
3. same as 挨家挨戶

挨戶，挨家〔-户---〕 aai¹ wu⁶ ，aai¹ gaa¹ {āi hù , āi jiā}

1. to go from house to house
2. house-to-house (search)
3. same as 挨家挨戶