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ngaai4
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[1] endure; suffer; put up with [2] drag out; struggle to pull through [3] delay; stall; put off 挨 is also a traditional character with different reading and meanings.
 Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
Radical: 扌 (#64)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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捱夜
ngaai4 je6*2 = stay up late 粵
捱騾仔
ngaai4 leoi4 zai2 = hard-work; work like a slave; laboring for a living 粵
捱餓
ngaai4 ngo6 = starve
日捱夜捱
jat6 ngaai4 je6*2 ngaai4 = working day and night 粵
捱更抵夜
ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 ye6 = [1] stay up all night [2] go to bed late and get up early 粵
難捱
naan4 ngaai4 = hard to endure; difficult to bear through 粵
捱時間
ngaai4 si4 gaan3 = dawdle; stall
捱世界
ngaai4 sai3 gaai3 = endure hard living; struggle hard for a living 粵 |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 捱
近排我一直都捱夜加班 粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop. [Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]
真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關 粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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