ái

to suffer; to endure

to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle

Hand (扌) + phonetic (矣) = enduring with your hands

The hand radical hints at bearing something with your body — gripping through hardship. 矣 is purely phonetic, lending the ái sound without adding meaning.

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HandSemantic
A classical sentence-final particlePhonetic

他在外面了好几个小时的冷。

tā zài wài miàn ái le hǎo jǐ gè xiǎo shí de lěng。

he endured the cold outside for several hours.

他不想回家,就在外面时间。

tā bù xiǎng huí jiā,jiù zài wài miàn ái shí jiān。

he didn't want to go home, so he stalled for time outside.

Words with 挨

受冻挨饿

shòu dòng ái è

see 挨餓受凍|挨饿受冻[ai2 e4 shou4 dong4]

挨着

āi zhe

near

忍饥挨饿

rěn jī ái è

starving

挨不上

āi bù shàng

to be irrelevant

挨个

āi gè

one by one

挨个儿

āi gè r

erhua variant of 挨個|挨个[ai1 ge4]

挨冻受饿

ái dòng shòu è

see 挨餓受凍|挨饿受冻[ai2 e4 shou4 dong4]

挨剋

ái kēi

to be rebuked

挨呲儿

ái cī r

to suffer a rebuke

挨宰

ái zǎi

to get ripped off

挨家

āi jiā

from house to house, one by one

挨家挨户

āi jiā āi hù

to go from house to house

More characters with 扌