dàidāi

wait, stay, treat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
彳 meaning component

  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

is a component form of .

寺 sound component

  Sound component

  

temple

Evolution

待 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
待 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
待 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
待 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
待 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dài

treat, entertain, receive; wait; to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to

 

dāi

to stay

Most common words with 待
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to wait

期待

to await

等待

to wait

对待

to treat

待遇

pay