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待
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.wait for; await
问题尚待解决。
This question is waiting for a solution.
我有待付款项。
I have obligation.
这有辆待装的卡车。
Here is a truck waiting to be loaded.
synonym
- 2
v.entertain
我家明天待客。
My family will entertain guests tomorrow.
她待人很慷慨。
She entertained her guests handsomely.
招待
entertain
- 3
v.treat
待人和气
treat people kindly
你应该待她更客气些。
You should deal with her more politely.
他待我如家人。
He treated me as one of the family.
- 4
v.be about to
待说不说
hold back what one is about to say
我正待出门，电话响了。
I was about to go out when the telephone rang.
待要买下来，我又担心钱不够。
I was just about to buy it when I started worrying that I didn't have enough money.
synonym
- 5
v.need
尚待说明
need to be explained
不待这么说
not need it be said that
synonym
Words and phrases with 待
- 待用[word]inactive
- 待业人员[word]people waiting for employment
- 待命[word]await orders
- 待装船运[word]received for shipment
- 待聘人员[word]the people waiting for engagement
- 待收[word]due-in
- 待用咖啡[word]caffè sospeso
- 待发[word]be ready to be shipped
- 待见[word]be fond of
- 待时而动[idiom]bide one's time
- 待机而动[idiom]bide one's time
- 待字闺中[idiom]remain in the boudoir waiting to be betrothed
- 待人接物[idiom]manner of dealing with people
- 待理不理[idiom]be standoffish
- 待价而沽[idiom]wait to sell at a good price
- 待月西厢[idiom]have a nocturnal rendezvous with one's lover
- 待答不理[idiom]be offhand
Word usage
- Note"待" is pronounced as "dāi" in spoken language. Nowadays, it is generally written as "呆".