挨

挨 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈人大 (QIOK), four-corner 5303₄, composition ⿰扌矣)

• 𫫃, 𮐉

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12082
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1888, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6328

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

挨

1. to hit from behind; to hit the back
2. to get close to; to be next to

   左邊的車門打開前，千萬不要去挨車門咯。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
   左边的车门打开前，千万不要去挨车门咯。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

   From: Chongqing Metro Line 4 broadcasts

   Before the doors on the left open, don't approach the train doors!

3. to depend on; to rely on
4. to crowd; to push and squeeze
5. to follow in sequence; to be someone's turn; to go one by one
   • 挨家挨戶／挨家挨户 (āijiā'āihù, “from door to door, from house to house”)
   • 一個挨一個地過／一个挨一个地过  ―  yīge ái yīge de guò  ―  to go one by one
6. (dialectal Mandarin) at

   • 您別挨這兒裹亂行不行？ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     您别挨这儿裹乱行不行？ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 11

     Nín bié āi zhèr guǒluàn xíng bùxíng? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (Cantonese) to lean on
8. (Hokkien, Teochew) to grind
9. (Hokkien, Hakka) to play (a stringed instrument)
   • (Can we date this quote?), “客家世界”, 黃連煜 (lyrics), 黃連煜 (music)‎^[1]:

     阿公啊，挨弦仔，阿婆就來唱山歌。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     阿公啊，挨弦仔，阿婆就来唱山歌。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     Â-kûng â, âi hièn-é, â-phò chhiu lòi chhong sân-kô. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     Grandpa's playing the huqin; grandma comes to sing hill songs.

10. (Fuqing Eastern Min) to push

• (to get close to):

• (at):

• (to play):

• (to push):

挨

1. to suffer; to endure; to put up with

   挨餓／挨饿  ―  ái'è  ―  to suffer from hunger

2. to drag out; to delay; to stall
3. to struggle to pull through; to wait (for a long time)
4. to drag on; to scrabble for a living

• (to suffer):

• (to delay):

• (antonym(s) of “to delay”):

• 捱 (ái)

• “挨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #5581”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• “挨”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “挨”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “挨（～近、～住）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 148.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1950 推 （把他～倒）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 478.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1951 推 （～鸡公车）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 478.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to push open

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あい (ai, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 挨く)、おす (osu, 挨す)

挨 • (ae) (hangeul 애, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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挨: Hán Nôm readings: ai, ẩy

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