待 (dài): meaning and stroke order
待 (dài) means to wait, to treat, to deal with, to need, going to (do sth), about to, intending to.
待
- Simplified
- 待
- Traditional
- 待 (same form)
- Pinyin
- dài · dāi
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Stroke order of 待
待
- dāi to stay; to remain
- dài to wait; to treat
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 待
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dài
- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to
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dāi
- to stay; to remain
Radical and structure
- 待
- Radical 彳 (Kangxi radical 60) · 9 strokes · 彳 on the left, 寺 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 待
- 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities
- 期待 qī dài to look forward to; to await
- 等待 děng dài to wait; to wait for
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).