待

Translingual

Han character

待 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人土木戈 (HOGDI), four-corner 2424₁, composition ⿰彳寺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 366, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10085
• Dae Jaweon: page 686, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 818, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F85

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
等	*tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ
待	*dɯːʔ
寺	*ljɯs
持	*l'ɯ
峙	*dɯʔ
痔	*dɯʔ
跱	*dɯʔ
歭	*dɯʔ
洔	*dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ
畤	*dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ
秲	*dɯʔ, *djɯs
庤	*dɯʔ
時	*djɯ
鰣	*djɯ
塒	*djɯ
蒔	*djɯ, *djɯs
榯	*djɯ
恃	*djɯʔ
侍	*djɯs
詩	*hljɯ
邿	*hljɯ
特	*dɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯːʔ) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

Etymology 1

trad.		待
simp. #		待

Probably related to 等 (MC tongX, “to wait”) (Wang, 1982).

Karlgren (1956) relates this word to 侍 (OC *djɯs, “to serve; to wait upon”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 待

1. to wait
2. to need
3. to be about to; to intend to
4. to treat; to entertain; to receive
5. a surname

Etymology 2

trad.		待
simp. #		待
alternative forms		呆

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāi (dai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): doi⁶ / daai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): oi⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): dai¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dai
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹
    • Yale: dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ / daai¹
    • Yale: doih / dāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ / daai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ / dai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²²/, /taːi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: oi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵘɔi³²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dai¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tai¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 待

1. to stay

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

待

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. wait

Readings

• Go-on: だい (dai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kun: まつ (matsu, 待つ, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 待(たい)機(き) (taiki)
• 待(たい)望(ぼう) (taibō)

• 待(まち)合(あい)室(しつ) (machiaishitsu)
• 期(き)待(たい) (kitai)

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Korean

Hanja

待 • (dae)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 대
  • Name (hangeul): 기다릴
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 待 (đãi, đảy, đậy, đẩy, đẫy, đợi, rãi, dợi, đất, được)

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