捱

See also: 挨

捱 U+6371, 捱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6371 ← 捰 [U+6370] CJK Unified Ideographs 捲 → [U+6372]

Translingual

Han character

捱 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手一土土 (QMGG), four-corner 5101₄, composition ⿰扌厓)

1. put off, procrastinate
2. endure

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12207
• Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6371

Chinese

trad.		捱
simp.		挨*
alternative forms		𤦐 𨂉 𫨾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ái (ai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngai

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngai²

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): hainn²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ôe / hôe / gâi / ê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga; ¹nga

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ái
    • Wade–Giles: ai²
    • Yale: ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁴
    • Yale: ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngai²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋaɪ¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hainn²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hãĩ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ôe / hôe / gâi / ê
    • Tâi-lô: uê / huê / gâi / ê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oee, hoee, gaai, ee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²⁴/, /hue²⁴/, /ɡai²⁴/, /e²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue²⁴/, /hue²⁴/, /ɡai²⁴/, /e²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue¹³/, /hue¹³/, /ɡai¹³/, /e¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue²⁴/, /hue²⁴/, /ɡai²⁴/, /e²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue²³/, /hue²³/, /ɡai²³/, /e²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nga; ¹nga
    • MiniDict: nga^去; 'nga^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga; ¹'nga
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²³/, /ŋa⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋreː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4539
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	崖
Old Chinese	/*ŋreː/

Definitions

捱

1. to endure; to suffer; to put up with

   alt. forms: 剴 / 剀

   捱窮／捱穷  ―  ái qióng  ―  to endure poverty

   捱打  ―  áidǎ  ―  to suffer beatings; to get beaten up

   捱撞 [Literary Cantonese]  ―  ngaai⁴ zong⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to get hit

   • 2023, “捱麵包的人 [BreadMan]”, 陳詠謙 [Abrahim Chan] (lyrics), 吳林峰 [Wilson Ng] (music), performed by 吳林峰 [Wilson Ng]:

     瞧捱麵包的人堆 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     瞧捱面包的人堆 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ciu⁴ ngaai⁴ min⁶ baau¹ dik¹ jan⁴ deoi¹ [Jyutping]

     Look at the crowd of people putting up with bread

   • 2023, 夏夏, 來日方糖, Taipei: 時報文化, →ISBN, page 148:

     為此，沒少捱過罵。 [MSC, trad.]
     为此，没少捱过骂。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wèicǐ, méishào áiguo mà. [Pinyin]

     Because of this, I had to suffer getting scolded.

2. to drag out; to delay; to stall
3. to struggle to pull through; to wait (for a long time)

Compounds

• 倒懸捱命 / 倒悬捱命
• 打捱
• 捱三頂五 / 捱三顶五
• 捱三頂四 / 捱三顶四
• 捱世界
• 捱到金睛火眼
• 捱夜
• 捱打
• 捱日子
• 捱更抵夜
• 捱磨
• 捱罵 / 捱骂
• 捱肩擦背
• 捱苦 (áikǔ)
• 捱風緝縫 / 捱风缉缝
• 捱騾仔 / 捱骡仔
• 難捱 / 难捱
• 頂針捱住 / 顶针捱住

Japanese

Kanji

捱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. put off, procrastinate
2. endure

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)

Korean

Hanja

捱 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捱: Hán Nôm readings: nhay

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