挨
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in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
suffer · Heisig RSH #2260
fingers + crossbow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 挨
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挨打受气 | to suffer bullying and beating (idiom) | |
| 挨头子 | to be criticized; to suffer blame | |
| 挨不上 | to be irrelevant; to be superfluous | |
| 挨板子 | to suffer beating; fig. to be severely criticized; to take a hammering | |
| 挨边儿 | erhua variant of 挨邊|挨边[ai1 bian1] | |
| 挨时间 | to stall; to play for time | |
| 挨个儿 | erhua variant of 挨個|挨个[ai1 ge4] | |
| 挨家 | from house to house, one by one | |
| 挨门 | from door to door, one by one | |
| 挨打 | to take a beating; to come under attack | |
| 挨打受骂 | to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom) | |
| 挨说 | to get scolded | |
| 挨边 | to keep close to the edge; near the mark; close to (the true figure); relevant (used with … | |
| 挨家挨户 | to go from house to house | |
| 挨门挨户 | see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户[ai1 jia1 ai1 hu4] | |
| 挨着 | near | |
| 挨斗 | to suffer censure; denounced | |
| 挨次 | in sequence; in the proper order; one by one; in turn | |
| 挨肩儿 | in rapid succession (of children, close in age); shoulder-to-shoulder | |
| 挨个 | one by one; in turn |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 矣 — compare how they read.