待

The character "待" has 9 strokes. "待" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "待" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "待" are "dài" "dāi" . View the stroke order of "待">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "待"

v.: stay; wait for; await; need; be about/going (to do); treat; deal with; entertain

• stay : v.停留；留下；保持；维持；暂住；逗留；停止；延缓；防止；暂缓执行；支持；拥护；支撑；用支索支撑；用牵索固定
• wait for : 等候；等待；等到
• await : v.等待；等着
• need : v.需要；须要；定要；不需要
• treat : v.对待；款待某人；商谈；谈判；处理；看待；视为；医疗；医治；陈述
• deal with : 处理, 对付；与…交易
• entertain : v.给…娱乐；使快乐；对（意见；建议；感情）给予考虑；招待；款待

Form words with "待"

待核准 ad referendum

待一个晚上 stay one night

待他不薄 treat him quite well

Example phrases using "待"

• 我们在那儿待了差不多两个星期。

  We stayed there for almost two weeks.

• 待他翻身看时，她已经不见了。

  When he turned around, she was already gone.

• 他待在汽车里，引擎空转着。

  He stayed in the car with the engine just turning over.

• 你待我不薄，我却无以回报。

  I regret not having any opportunity to reciprocate your generous kindness (to me).

• 待行程确定后，当即函告。

  I’ll write to inform you of my itinerary once it is set.

• 我们预备在这儿待两星期。

  We anticipate spending two weeks here.

• 今日事今日毕，勿待来日。

  Never put off what you can do today till tomorrow.

• 待我禀过家父，再来告知。

  I’ll inform you of it after consulting my father.

• 你待我如此热情，但愿我能有还情的机会。

  I hope I could find an opportunity to return your hospitality.

• 在日本待了大半辈子，我懂得那里的规矩。

  Having spent most of my life in Japan, I know the form.