āi

  1. āi verb near; close by; next to; towards; against
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 靠近; as in 挨近 (CCD '挨' 2; Guoyu '挨' v 2; Mathews 1931 '挨' p. 2; Unihan '挨'; XHZD '挨' 1)
  2. āi verb to delay
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 拖延 (Guoyu '挨' v 5; Mathews 1931 '挨' p. 2; Unihan '挨')
  3. āi verb to lean on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 依靠 (Guoyu '挨' v 8; Mathews 1931 '挨' p. 2; Unihan '挨')
  4. āi verb in order; follow a sequence
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 依照次序 (CCD '挨' 1; Guoyu '挨' v 7; XHZD '挨' 2)
  5. āi verb to beat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 击打 (Guoyu '挨' v 1)
  6. āi verb to crowd; to squeeze
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 挤 (Guoyu '挨' v 3)
  7. āi verb to suffer; to be beaten
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 忍受; as in 挨打 (Guoyu '挨' v 4; Mathews 1931 '挨' p. 2)
  8. āi verb to wait
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 等待 (Guoyu '挨' v 6)

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