挨 (ái): to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle

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HSK 7verb, preposition

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Pinyin
Meaning: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
Characters: 1
Part of speech: verb, preposition
HSK level: HSK 7
Strokes: 10
Radical: 扌
Structure: 左右结构

ái

āi

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