PINYIN

ái

DEFINITION
  • to suffer
  • to endure
  • to pull through (hard times)
  • to delay
  • to stall
  • to play for time
  • to dawdle
EXAMPLE
挨打 / ái dǎ
to take a beating / to get thrashed / to come under attack
PINYIN

āi

DEFINITION
  • in order
  • in sequence
  • close to
  • adjacent to
EXAMPLE
挨近 / āi jìn
to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to