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

Historical forms of the character 挨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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。
   左边的车门打开前，千万不要去挨车门咯。

   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？
     您别挨这儿裹乱行不行？

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 11

     Nín bié āi zhèr guǒluàn xíng bùxíng?

     (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)‎:

     阿公啊，挨弦仔，阿婆就來唱山歌。
     阿公啊，挨弦仔，阿婆就来唱山歌。

     Â-kûng â, âi hièn-é, â-phò chhiu lòi chhong sân-kô.

     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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #5581”, in 臺灣客語辭典 (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 (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 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “挨（～近、～住）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 148.
• 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “1950 推 （把他～倒）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 478.
• 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “1951 推 （～鸡公车）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 478.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. 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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