挨 (aai1) — take turns doing sth; do sth one by one in Cantonese
aaiˉ¹挨Mandarin Pinyin: ai1
Meaning of 挨
nountake turns doing sth; do sth one by one
nounlean against; close to; next to
noun(Cantonese)/lean towards/to bear or endure
Example Sentences with 挨
真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.
gan6paai2近ngoˏ₅排jat1zik6dou1我ngaai4je2一ga1baan1直都捱夜加班
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.
zoengˉ¹張ngaaiˉ¹挨ping˗₃拼jiˊ²椅geiˊ²幾syuˉ¹舒fukˍ₆服
This ergonomic chair is quite comfortable.
maaiˏ₅買zoengˉ¹張ngaaiˉ¹挨ping˗₃拼jiˊ²椅
Buy an ergonomic chair.
si˗₃試haaˏ₅吓zoengˉ¹張ngaaiˉ¹挨ping˗₃拼jiˊ²椅
Try out this ergonomic chair.
Words Containing 挨
挨餓ngaai4 ngo6
go hungry; be starved; suffer from hunger; go without food
嘥心機,挨眼瞓saai1 sam1 gei1 ngaai4 ngaan5 fan3
to rack one's brain for nothing; all for naught
挨挨憑憑aai1 aai1 bang6 bang6
leaning against sb or sth
挨晚aai1 maan1
evening; dusk | Std. Chin.: 傍晚
挨屏aai1 peng1
the backrest of a chair
挨夾棍ngaai4 gaap3 gwan3
to be a scapegoat (from the 夾棍 (squeezing) form of execution)
挨住aai1 zyu6
leaning against
挨埋aai1 maai4
get close to, be near to | [普]: 挨近
挨拼aai1 ping3
the back of a chair
挨更抵夜ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 je6
to stay up all night
挨齋ngaai4 zaai1
being a vegetarian; only surviving on vegetables
挨拼椅ngaai1 peng1 ji2
noun; backrest chair
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