等待

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (等待)		等	待
simp. #(等待)		等	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): děngdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² doi⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tén-thai
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tán-thāi / tán-thǎi / téng-thāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng² tai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: děngdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děngdài
    • Wade–Giles: têng³-tai⁴
    • Yale: děng-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengday
    • Palladius: дэндай (dɛndaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² doi⁶
    • Yale: dáng doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: den` tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: den³ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ten³¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: tán-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafntai
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-thǎi
    • Tâi-lô: tán-thǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defngtai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng² tai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: téng thăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰai³⁵/

Verb

等待

1. to wait; to await

Synonyms

• 伺候
• 佇候 (zhùhòu) (literary)
• 候等 (Hokkien)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 留住 (liúzhù) (literary)
• 當等／当等 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 等 (děng)
• 等候 (děnghòu)
• 聽候／听候 (tīnghòu) (literary, or Min Nan)

 

Derived terms

• 呼叫等待 (hūjiào děngdài)

 

Related terms

• 有待 (yǒudài)