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  aai1   jyutping
  ai1   pinyin
[1] lean against; close to; next to
[2] take turns doing sth; do sth one by one

is also a variant of [ngaai4] when the latter means "suffer" or "delay".
verbAdditional PoS: preposition
Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
Radical: (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 5685 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Dec 2009 05:05

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detail  aai1 maan5*1   = evening; dusk
detail  aai1 kan5  ai1 jin4 = get close to, be near to
detail  aai1 aai1 bang6 bang6   = leaning against
detail  aai1 ci3  ai1 ci4 = one after another; in turn; one by one
detail  ngaai4 ngo6  ai2 e4 = go hungry; be starved
detail  aai1 nin4 gan6 maan5   = approaching lunar new year's eve; end of the year
detail  aai1 peng1   = the backrest of a chair
detail ,  saai1 sam1 gei1 ngaai4 ngaan5 fan3   = to rack one's brain for nothing; all for naught
detail  aai1 zyu6   = leaning against
detail  aai1 maai4   = get close to, be near to
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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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