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ngaaiˎ₄
()
Pinyin
ai2
Translations
noun
endure; suffer; put up with
noun
delay; stall; put off
noun
drag out; struggle to pull through
jatˍ₆ngaaiˎ₄jeˊ²ngaaiˎ₄
(日挨夜挨)
Pinyin
ri4 ai1 ye4 ai1
Translations
noun
working day and night
noun
work in tough conditions for day and night
ngaaiˎ₄sai˗₃gaai˗₃
(挨世界)
Pinyin
ai2 shi4 jie4
Translations
noun
endure hard living; struggle hard for a living
noun
endure the world
noun
歎世界
noun
(slang) to endure difficulties in life for living and surviving; to persevere through a hard working life
ngaaiˎ₄ngoˍ₆
(挨饿)
Pinyin
ai2 e4
Translations
noun
starve
noun
to endure hunger
naanˎ₄ngaaiˎ₄
(难捱)
Pinyin
nan2 ai2
Translations
noun
hard to endure; difficult to bear through
ngaaiˎ₄gaangˉ¹daiˊ²yeˍ₆
(挨更抵夜)
Pinyin
ai2 geng1 di3 ye4
Translations
noun
go to bed late and get up early
noun
stay up all night
noun
(verb) to stay up late working; ) to work overtime; to work all day and night
ngaaiˎ₄leoiˎ₄zaiˊ²
(挨骡仔)
Pinyin
ai1 luo2 zai3
Translations
noun
hard-work; work like a slave; laboring for a living
noun
working slavishly
ngaaiˎ₄jeˊ²
(挨夜)
Pinyin
ai1 ye4
Translations
noun
stay up late/all night; burn the midnight oil
noun
(verb) to stay up late; to stay up all night; to burn the midnight oil
ngaaiˎ₄siˎ₄gaan˗₃
(挨时间)
Pinyin
ai2 shi2 jian1
Translations
noun
dawdle; stall; procrastinate
ngaaiˎ₄gukˉ¹zungˊ²
(挨谷种)
Pinyin
ai1 gu3 zhong3
Translations
noun
to survive on one's saving
ngaaiˎ₄jiˍ₆hei˗₃
(挨义气)
Pinyin
ai1 yi4 qi5
Translations
noun
noun; it means sense of honour, the spirit of brotherhood, they do me a huge favor
saaiˉ¹samˉ¹geiˉ¹ngaaiˎ₄ngaanˏ₅fan˗₃
(嘥心机捱眼训)
Pinyin
sai1 xin1 ji1 ai2 yan3 xun4
Translations
noun
waste of time and energy [colloquial]
ngaaiˎ₄dakˉ¹
(挨得)
Pinyin
ai1 de5
Translations
noun
high endurance
ngaaiˎ₄sangˉ¹ngaaiˎ₄seiˊ²
(挨生捱死)
Pinyin
ai1 sheng1 ai2 si3
Translations
noun
bear the pain and hardship (spoken)
ngaaiˎ₄minˍ₆baauˉ¹
(挨面包)
Pinyin
ai1 mian4 bao1
Translations
noun
lit. to survive on bread; meaning one has to save on food cost for living and survival
jatˉ¹go˗₃jyunˍ₆daa2,jatˉ¹go˗₃jyunˍ₆ngaaiˎ₄
(一个愿打,一个愿捱)
Pinyin
yi1 ge5 yuan4 da3, yi1 ge5 yuan4 ai2
Translations
noun
both parties are willing; one likes to hit whilst the other is willing to suffer [written and colloquial]