挨揍 (ái zòu) — to get beaten up, to take a beating

Definition

挨揍 (ái zòu) is colloquial for 'to get beaten up' — emphasizes being on the receiving end of a beating. 揍 implies a rough, physical beating (more severe than 挨打, which can be lighter or figurative).

verb
to get beaten upto take a beating

Examples

  • 挨揍
    Tā zuó tiān zài jiē shàng ái zòu le.
    He got beaten up on the street yesterday.
  • 挨揍
    Nà ge xiǎo tōu bèi jǐng chá ái zòu le yí dùn.
    That thief took a beating from the police.
  • 挨揍
    Tā xiǎo shí hou jīng cháng ái zòu, hòu lái xué huì le dǎ jià.
    He often got beaten up as a kid, and later learned to fight.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

āisuffer

挨 means to suffer and 揍 means to beat, so together they describe taking a beating.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full asshǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
āi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

挨 pairs 扌, the hand form 手, with 矣, which gives the sound.

Open 挨 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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