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待
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Definitions
- 1. to wait
- 2. to treat
- 3. to deal with
- 4. to need
- 5. going to (do sth)
- 6. about to
- 7. intending to
Example Sentences
1 shown你為甚麼讓湯姆那麼對 待 你？
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 待
to leave sth for later
needless to say
generous treatment
to sell only for a good price (idiom)
to-do list
to treat utterly sincerely
to expect in a short time (idiom)
lack of regard
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
many things waiting to be done (idiom)
to receive (a visitor)
treat harshly
to wait; to wait for
to reserve a seat
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
to get ready (for a journey)
sexual abuse
discount coupon
to be continued
to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
codeine (loanword)
zero wait state (computing)
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
to be on call
not yet (done)
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
to be about to
to show favoritism against sb
needless to say; it goes without saying
to treat leniently
to mistreat
(coll.) to like
preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
emergency standby
impatient (idiom); in a hurry
to mistreat
many things waiting to be done (idiom)
to await a decision
mean treatment
hands tied and expecting the worst
to be advised
to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
in bud
to treat sb unfairly
to look upon; to regard
press conference
to be lenient with others (idiom)
to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
unresolved
most favored nation
to wait for an opportunity
sadism
evening cocktail reception
to pardon
to mistreat
a reception
to wait on
to await death
Bao Daizhi, \Edict Attendant Bao\, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[bāo zhěng] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
guesthouse; hostel
see 刮目相看[guā mù xiāng kàn]
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hǎi dài])
evening primrose
DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
imminent
to treat well
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to entertain
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
(of an expectant mother) to be in labor
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
to receive (guests)
cry piteously for food
special treatment
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
impatient
to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China)
to anxiously await
see 急待[jí dài]
to slight (treat badly)
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
time and tide wait for no man (idiom)
to look forward to
to treat
to treat
to wait until
to provide warm hospitality
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
the way one treats people
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
on call
under investigation
reception room
receptionist
to need urgently
wait a minute