Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
待
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
待
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
待
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
待
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
待 [dāi]
to stay
待 [dài]
to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (149)
期待 [qīdài] #1,567
to look forward to
等待 [děngdài] #1,463
to wait
对待 [duìdài] #1,761
to treat
对待 [duìdài] #1,761
to treat
待遇 [dàiyù] #5,545
treatment
接待 [jiēdài] #6,859
to receive (a visitor)
看待 [kàndài] #5,041
to look upon
虐待 [nüèdài] #3,244
to mistreat
有待 [yǒudài] #13,340
not yet (done)
待会儿 [dāihuìr] #3,691
in a moment
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 待つ [まつ] #102
to wait
⭐ 期待 [きたい] #428
expectation
⭐ 待機 [たいき] #3,339
standing by
⭐ お待たせしました [おまたせしました] #4,602
thank you for waiting
⭐ 招待 [しょうたい] #4,712
invitation
⭐ 待ち合わせ [まちあわせ] #5,633
appointment
⭐ 待ち構える [まちかまえる] #6,014
to lie in wait (for)
⭐ 待ち受ける [まちうける] #6,669
to await
⭐ 待ち [まち] #7,229
waiting
⭐ 待遇 [たいぐう] #7,805
treatment
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