Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- ái
English
- put off, procrastinate
- variant of 挨[ai2]
- to endure; to put up with
- endure
- to last; to sustain
粵語
- 承受;忍受
- 支持;支撐
Words containing 捱
- 捱夜ngaai4 je2
(verb) to stay up late; to stay up all night; to burn the midnight oil
- 捱世界ngaai4 sai3 gaai3
(slang) to endure difficulties in life for living and surviving; to persevere through a hard working life
- 捱打ngaai4 daa2
to take a beating; to come under attack; to suffer from a beating; usually, without fighting back
- 捱義氣ngaai4 ji6 hei3
noun; it means sense of honour, the spirit of brotherhood, they do me a huge favor
- 捱苦ngaai4 fu2
to suffer from a bad or a difficult situation
- 捱鬧ngaai4 naau6
to get scolded
- 捱穀種ngaai4 guk1 zung2
to survive on one's saving
- 捱齋ngaai4 zaai1
to be vegetarian due to lack of meat
- 捱麪包ngaai4 min6 baau1
to eat cheap bread, instead of full meals, in order to save money; literally 'to put up with bread'
- 捱餓ngaai4 ngo6
to endure hunger
- 捱騾仔ngaai4 leoi4 zai2
working slavishly
- 捱得ngaai4 dak1
high endurance
- 難捱naan4 ngaai4
trying
- 抵捱dai2 ngaai4
- 捱延ngaai4 jin4
- 捱驢仔ngaai4 leoi4 zai2
to put up with a very difficult job; to work hard for life; to work like a slave; literally, to endure like a donkey
- 捱生捱死ngaai4 saang1 ngaai4 sei2
bear the pain and hardship (spoken)
- 捱生捱死ngaai4 saang1 ngaai4 sei2
bear the pain and hardship (spoken)
- 捱更抵夜ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 je6
(verb) to stay up late working; ) to work overtime; to work all day and night
- 捱時間ngaai4 si4 gaan1
- 捱麵包ngaai4 min6 baau1
lit. to survive on bread; meaning one has to save on food cost for living and survival
- 捱一世ngaai4 jat1 sai3
- 聽捱打ting3 ngaai4 daa2
- 捱飯盒ngaai4 faan6 hap2