挨冻

挨凍

áidòng

verb #32,196

Meanings

1 to suffer from the cold
2 to freeze (from lack of warm clothing or shelter)

Characters

to suffer; to endure

Examples

HSK 4

穿上外套吧，别在外面挨冻。

Chuānshàng wàitào ba, bié zài wàimiàn áidòng.

Put on a coat - don't freeze outside.

HSK 7-9

他们在战壕里挨冻挨饿。

Tāmen zài zhànháo lǐ áidòng ái'è.

They were freezing and starving in the trenches.

Tips

usage

When 挨 means 'to endure/suffer (something bad)', it's pronounced ái (2nd tone), not āi (1st tone). The same pattern gives you 挨饿 'to go hungry', 挨打 'to take a beating', 挨骂 'to get scolded' - all unpleasant things you have to put up with.

Stroke Order

挨 āi

冻 dòng