HSK · Level 73
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Chinese word
挨打
Pronunciation
Pinyinái dǎ
Meaning
- verbget beaten
Example
如果做错事就会挨打。rú guǒ zuò cuò shì jiù huì ái dǎ
If you do something wrong, you'll get beaten.
More examples
他为了保护朋友，愿意替人挨打。tā wèi le bǎo hù péng yǒu yuàn yì tì rén ái dǎ
To protect his friend, he is willing to take a beating for someone else.
Core concept
Being left to suffer the force of another person's blows.
Common phrases
时常挨打shí cháng ái dǎ
often get beaten
替人挨打tì rén ái dǎ
get beaten in someone else's place
Similar words
被打bèi dǎ: To receive a hit from someone and be hurt by it.
挨揍āi zòu: To be badly beaten, using a strongly colloquial expression.
Definition in Chinese
被别人打；表示遭受殴打或被打的一种口语动词。bèi bié rén dǎ biǎo shì zāo shòu ōu dǎ huò bèi dǎ dī yì zhǒng kóu yǔ dòng cí
Word origin
挨 (ái, "undergo") + 打 (dǎ, "hit") describes the hitting from the receiver's point of view, rather than naming an action performed by the subject.
Usage tips
- The hitter can be omitted when the context makes the source of the blows clear, allowing this conversational verb to stand as the main event in a sentence.