挨 āi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 矣 particle of completed action
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挨
āi
to be next to; one by one
Character
Example phrases
- 老城区的民居一户挨着一户，巷子窄得只能容一辆自行车通过。 Lǎo chéngqū de mínjū yí hù āi zhe yí hù, xiàngzi zhǎi de zhǐ néng róng yí liàng zìxíngchē tōngguò. In the old district, the houses stand one right next to another, and the lanes are so narrow that only a bicycle can pass.
- 我家挨着一条小河，夏天很凉快。 Wǒ jiā āi zhe yì tiáo xiǎo hé, xiàtiān hěn liángkuai. My home is right next to a little river, and it is nice and cool in summer.
- 孩子们挨个儿走上台，领取自己的奖状。 Háizimen āigèr zǒu shàng tái, lǐngqǔ zìjǐ de jiǎngzhuàng. The children went up on the stage one by one to receive their certificates.
Related words
- 挨家挨户 āijiā'āihù house to house; door to door
- 挨 ái to suffer; to endure; to be subjected to
- 并肩 bìngjiān shoulder to shoulder; side by side
- 背面 bèimiàn back; reverse side
- 并列 bìngliè to stand side by side; to be listed side by side
- 侧面 cèmiàn side; profile; indirect aspect
- 并行 bìngxíng to run in parallel; parallel
- 边缘 biānyuán edge; margin; marginal
- 横 héng horizontal; across
- 横向 héngxiàng horizontal; lateral
- 环绕 huánrào to surround; to encircle
- 凹 āo concave; sunken