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Meaning of 待

Pinyin dài、 dāi

Radical

彳

Strokes

Definition

stay / delay, wait / treat / deal with / need / about / intending to do something

Usage

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待 [dài] 1. 等，等候。 (Wait; to wait for) - 例: ～到。～旦。拭目以～。(Wait for arrival. Wait for dawn. Wait and see.) 2. 以某种态度或行为加之于人或事物。 (To treat; to deal with) - 例: 对～。招～。～遇。～人接物。(Treat with kindness. Receive guests. Deal with others.) 3. 将，要 (About to; going to) - 例: 正～出门，有人来了。(Just about to go out when someone arrived.) 4. 停留，逗留，迟延。 (Stay; linger; delay) - 例: 你～一会儿再走。(You stay for a while before leaving.) 5. 招待 (Entertain) - 例: 待东(以主人身份招待)。(Entertain guests as a host.) 6. 需要 (Need) - 例: 自不待言。(Needless to say.) 7. 防备 (Guard against) - 例: 兵甲不备，不可以待不虞。(If the defenses are not prepared, you cannot wait for the unexpected.) 8. 依靠 (Depend on) - 例: 主待农战而尊。(Rely on agricultural warfare for respect.) 9. 容，让 (Let; allow) - 例: 待我见去。(Let me go see.) 10. 要是，如果 (If) - 例: 待不收他，又撇不过柳大郎面皮。(If I don’t keep him, I will feel embarrassed.) 11. 另见 [dāi] (See also [dāi]) 待 [dāi] 1. (口) (Colloquial.) 2. 暂时停留。 (Temporary stay) - 例: 如:在北京只待了一天。(For example: Only stayed in Beijing for one day.) 3. 无目的地消磨时间或在某处逗留。 (Hang around) - 例: 我在家里待一整天。(I stayed at home all day.) 4. 另见 [dài] (See also [dài])

迫不及待 pò bù jí dài

impatient (idiom); in a hurry / itching to get on with it

另眼看待 lìng yǎn kàn dài

look upon one with special respect / treat sb. with special regard

另眼相待 lìng yǎn xiāng dài

give a special treatment / see sb. in a new light / regard sb. with special respect

嗷嗷待哺 áo áo dài bǔ

cry piteously for food

善待 shàn dài

to treat well

对待 duì dài

to treat / treatment

待岗 dài gǎng

await job assignment

等待 děng dài

to wait / to wait for

接待 jiē dài

to receive (a visitor) / to admit (allow sb to enter)

待遇 dài yù

treatment / pay / salary / status / rank

招待会 zhāo dài huì

reception / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]

期待 qī dài

to look forward to / to await / expectation

有待 yǒu dài

not yet (done) / pending

看待 kàn dài

to look upon / to regard

招待 zhāo dài

to receive (guests) / to entertain / reception

交待 jiāo dài

variant of 交代[jiao1 dai4]

相待 xiāng dài

to treat

款待 kuǎn dài

to entertain / to be hospitable to

待定 dài dìng

to await a decision / to be pending

招待所 zhāo dài suǒ

guest house / small hotel

接待日 jiē dài rì

Open Day

待人 dài rén

to treat people (politely, harshly etc)

虐待 nüè dài

to mistreat / to maltreat / to abuse / mistreatment / maltreatment

优待 yōu dài

preferential treatment / to give preferential treatment

以待 yǐ dài

Waiting

优惠待遇 yōu huì dài yù

preferential treatment

担待 dān dài

to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility

拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài

lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see

待援 dài yuán

Waiting for help

守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù

lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative

枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn

to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle

束手待毙 shù shǒu dài bì

to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction

坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

待价而沽 dài jià ér gū

to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer

亏待 kuī dài

to treat sb unfairly

亟待解决 jí dài jiě jué

have to be settled urgently / demand prompt solution

待续 dài xù

to be continued

翘首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài

to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await

亟待 jí dài

see 急待[ji2 dai4]

含苞待放 hán bāo dài fàng

in bud / budding

蓄势待发 xù shì dài fā

to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc

以逸待劳 yǐ yì dài láo

to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)

待字闺中 dài zì guī zhōng

not betrothed yet / One's daughter is still unmarried. / waiting in the boudoir to be betrothed