I had a hard day.
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挨
āi
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āi · aai1 (Jyutping)
- in order; in sequence
- close to; adjacent to
ái · aai1 (Jyutping)
- to suffer; to endure
- to pull through (hard times)
- to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
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Character breakdown
挨
- Meaning
- near, close by, next to, towards, against; to wait; to lean on
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰扌矣
- Cangjie
- QIOK
- Four-corner
- 5303.4
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Example sentences
Many people are suffering from hunger around the world.
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