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
挨家挨户
āijiā'āihù
house to house; door to door
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
户 hù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 邮递员挨家挨户送信，从早上一直忙到中午。 Yóudìyuán āijiā'āihù sòng xìn, cóng zǎoshang yìzhí máng dào zhōngwǔ. The postman delivered letters from door to door, busy from morning until noon.
- 小朋友们挨家挨户地唱歌，向邻居们拜年。 Xiǎopéngyoumen āijiā'āihù de chàng gē, xiàng línjūmen bàinián. The children went from house to house singing, wishing the neighbours a happy New Year.
- 为了找回走丢的小狗，他挨家挨户地敲门询问。 Wèile zhǎo huí zǒu diū de xiǎo gǒu, tā āijiā'āihù de qiāo mén xúnwèn. To find his lost puppy, he knocked on every door to ask.
Related words
- 挨 āi to be next to; one by one
- 挨 ái to suffer; to endure; to be subjected to
- 家 jiā home, family
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 回家 huíjiā to go home
- 家里 jiālǐ at home, in the family
- 家人 jiārén family member
- 在家 zàijiā at home
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 画家 huàjiā artist
- 家 jiā professional (person suffix)
- 家庭 jiātíng family