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

HSK 6

工作人员挨家发放传单。

Gōngzuò rényuán āijiā fāfàng chuándān.

The staff handed out flyers door to door.

HSK 6

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