挨家

āijiā

adverb

Meanings

1 from house to house
2 door to door
3 one household after another

Characters

in sequence / next to

Examples

工作人员挨家发放传单。

Gōngzuò rényuán āijiā fāfàng chuándān.

The staff handed out flyers door to door.

警察挨家挨户调查。

Jǐngchá āijiā āihù diàochá.

The police investigated house by house.

Tips

usage

Often expanded to the four-character form 挨家挨户 (āijiā āihù, 'house by house, door by door') for emphasis. 挨 is read āi here (in sequence / one by one), not ái (to suffer / endure) — same character, two readings with different meanings.

Stroke Order

挨 āi

家 jiā