款待

Chinese

		section; paragraph; funds	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (款待)		款	待
simp. #(款待)		款	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǎndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun² doi⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khóan-thai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoán-thǎi / khoán-thāi / khoán-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǎndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎndài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuan³-tai⁴
    • Yale: kwǎn-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koanday
    • Palladius: куаньдай (kuanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fun² doi⁶
    • Yale: fún doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun² doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun² doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khóan-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: kuan` tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kuan³ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯an³¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoán-thǎi
    • Tâi-lô: khuán-thǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰai²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoán-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: khuán-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoafntai
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰai³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoán-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: khuán-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoafndai
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/

Verb

款待

1. to treat cordially; to entertain

Synonyms

• 交待 (jiāodài) (literary)
• 張羅／张罗
• 待遇 (dàiyù) (archaic)
• 應接／应接 (yìngjiē) (literary)
• 招待 (zhāodài)
• 接待 (jiēdài)
• 接接 (“chih-chiap”) (Hokkien)
• 看待 (kàndài) (archaic)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
款	待
かん Grade: S	たい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

款(かん)待(たい) • (kantai) 

1. warm reception
   • 1937, 岡本かの子, 母子叙情:

     今(いま)までの款待(かんたい)の上(うえ)に女中(じょちゅう)がまたメロンを運(はこ)んで来(き)た。

     Ima made no kantai no ue ni jochū ga mata meron o hakonde kita.

     In addition to the kind welcome that we had already received, the maid came back bearing melons.

See also

• 持(も)て成(な)し (motenashi)
• 厚情(こうじょう) (kōjō)

Verb

款(かん)待(たい)する • (kantai suru) suru (stem 款(かん)待(たい)し (kantai shi), past 款(かん)待(たい)した (kantai shita))

1. to give a warm welcome, receive cordially

Conjugation

Conjugation of "款待する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	款待し	かんたいし	kantai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	款待し	かんたいし	kantai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	款待する	かんたいする	kantai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	款待する	かんたいする	kantai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	款待すれ	かんたいすれ	kantai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	款待せよ¹ 款待しろ²	かんたいせよ¹ かんたいしろ²	kantai seyo¹ kantai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	款待される	かんたいされる	kantai sareru
Causative	款待させる 款待さす	かんたいさせる かんたいさす	kantai saseru kantai sasu
Potential	款待できる	かんたいできる	kantai dekiru
Volitional	款待しよう	かんたいしよう	kantai shiyō
Negative	款待しない	かんたいしない	kantai shinai
Negative continuative	款待せず	かんたいせず	kantai sezu
Formal	款待します	かんたいします	kantai shimasu
Perfective	款待した	かんたいした	kantai shita
Conjunctive	款待して	かんたいして	kantai shite
Hypothetical conditional	款待すれば	かんたいすれば	kantai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative