待

dài

HSK 33 readings

“To stay” in Chinese is 待 (dài).

Other characters with the syllable dai: see all 10 →

Meaning

to stay; to remain
to wait
to treat

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to deal with
to need
going to (do sth)
about to
intending to

Example

不要等待！

Don't wait.

From 等待 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

dàito wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
dāito stay; to remain

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 待

等待děngdàito wait; to wait forHSK 3 对待duìdàito treatHSK 3 接待jiēdàito receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)HSK 3 待遇dàiyùtreatmentHSK 4 期待qīdàito look forward toHSK 4 看待kàndàito look upon; to regardHSK 5 待会儿dāihuìrin a momentHSK 6 虐待nüèdàito mistreatHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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