待

dāi · dai/dài · dai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

dāi 待

  1. to stay

dài 待

  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)整(zhěng)个(gè)夏(xià)天(tiān)都(dōu)和(hé)他(tā)们(men)待(dāi)在(zài)一(yì)起(qǐ)。

We stayed with them all through the summer.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)巴(bā)黎(lí)待(dāi)得(de)越(yuè)久(jiǔ),我(wǒ)就(jiù)越(yuè)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)巴(bā)黎(lí)。

The longer I stayed in Paris, the more I liked it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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