# 待

| 待 | U+5F85, &#24453; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F85 |
| ← 径 [U+5F84] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 徆 → [U+5F86] |

## Translingual
### Han character

待 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人土木戈 (HOGDI), four-corner 2424$_1$, composition ⿰彳寺)

#### Derived characters

* 偫, 𠸤, 崻, 𢱜, 𣹘, 𲅪, 𤋵, 𤚟, 𦞒, 𤲵, 𧛶, 𫁧, 𱹑, 𦃀, 𧶱, 𨃉, 𱸯, 𪃝, 𫹦, 𱝸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 366, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10085
* Dae Jaweon: page 686, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 818, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5F85

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 等 | *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ |
| 待 | *dɯːʔ |
| 寺 | *ljɯs |
| 持 | *l'ɯ |
| 峙 | *dɯʔ |
| 痔 | *dɯʔ |
| 跱 | *dɯʔ |
| 歭 | *dɯʔ |
| 洔 | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ |
| 畤 | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ |
| 秲 | *dɯʔ, *djɯs |
| 庤 | *dɯʔ |
| 時 | *djɯ |
| 鰣 | *djɯ |
| 塒 | *djɯ |
| 蒔 | *djɯ, *djɯs |
| 榯 | *djɯ |
| 恃 | *djɯʔ |
| 侍 | *djɯs |
| 詩 | *hljɯ |
| 邿 | *hljɯ |
| 特 | *dɯːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dɯːʔ) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

### Etymology 1

Probably related to 等 (MC tongX, “to wait”) (Wang, 1982).
Karlgren (1956) relates this word to 侍 (OC *djɯs, “to serve; to wait upon”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dài (dai$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dai$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): doi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): oi$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tai$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thai
    (Hailu, HRS): tai$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): dai$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): duòi / dài
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi / tǎi / thāi / thǎi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dài
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dài
*** Wade–Giles: tai$^4$
*** Yale: dài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
*** Palladius: дай (daj)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dai$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dai
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: doi$^6$
*** Yale: doih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: doi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: doi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːi̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: oi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵘɔi³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: dai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tai⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: duòi / dài
*** Sinological IPA : /tuɛ⁴²/, /tai⁴²/
* duòi - vernacular;
* dài - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dojX
Rime :
| Character | 待 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒亥切 |
| Baxter | dojX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | doi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*dɯːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 待 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ doj$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]ˁəʔ/ |
| English | wait on; depend on |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 待 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12029 |
| Phonetic component | 寺 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 駘 |
| Old Chinese | /*dɯːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

待
* to wait for; to await; to expect
* to need; to depend on
* to be about to; to intend to
* to treat; to entertain; to receive; to handle
* to prepare for
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 不待 (bùdài)
* 不待蓍龜 / 不待蓍龟 (bùdàishīguī)
* 不待要
* 久待 (jiǔdài)
* 亟待 (jídài)
* 交待 (jiāodài)
* 以佚待勞 / 以佚待劳
* 以禮相待 / 以礼相待
* 以逸待勞 / 以逸待劳 (yǐyìdàiláo)
* 企足而待
* 便待
* 倚馬可待 / 倚马可待 (yǐmǎkědài)
* 偏待
* 停待
* 優待 / 优待 (yōudài)
* 優待券 / 优待券
* 優待月票 / 优待月票
* 優惠待遇 / 优惠待遇
* 刮目相待
* 包待制
* 卻待 / 却待 (quèdài)
* 厚待 (hòudài)
* 可待 (kědài)
* 只待 (zhǐdài)
* 可待因 (kědàiyīn)
* 另眼看待
* 另眼相待
* 吐哺待賢 / 吐哺待贤
* 含苞待放
* 善待 (shàndài)
* 嗷嗷待哺 (áo'áodàibǔ)
* 嚴陣以待 / 严阵以待 (yánzhènyǐdài)
* 坐以待斃 / 坐以待毙 (zuòyǐdàibì)
* 坐以待旦
* 坐而待斃 / 坐而待毙
* 坐而待旦
* 守先待後 / 守先待后
* 安坐待斃 / 安坐待毙
* 守株待兔 (shǒuzhūdàitù)
* 寬待 / 宽待 (kuāndài)
* 對待 / 对待 (duìdài)
* 少待
* 屈己待人 (qūjǐ dàirén)
* 差別待遇 / 差别待遇
* 席珍待聘
* 延頸待刃 / 延颈待刃
* 待一會兒 / 待一会儿
* 待不了
* 待不見 / 待不见
* 待中
* 待人 (dàirén)
* 待人接物 (dàirénjiēwù)
* 待人處世 / 待人处世
* 待人處事 / 待人处事
* 待伏
* 待價而沽 / 待价而沽 (dàijià'érgū)
* 待價藏珠 / 待价藏珠
* 待制
* 待到
* 待剛來 / 待刚来
* 待古
* 待命 (dàimìng)
* 待售 (dàishòu)
* 待報 / 待报
* 待好
* 待媒
* 待字
* 待字閨中 / 待字闺中 (dàizì guīzhōng)
* 待客 (dàikè)
* 待客廳 / 待客厅
* 待年
* 待慢
* 待承
* 待斃 / 待毙 (dàibì)
* 待旦
* 待時 / 待时 (dàishí)
* 待時守分 / 待时守分
* 待時而動 / 待时而动 (dàishí'érdòng)
* 待時而舉 / 待时而举
* 待替 (dàitì)
* 待月西廂 / 待月西厢
* 待期
* 待東 / 待东
* 待查
* 待業 / 待业 (dàiyè)
* 待機 / 待机 (dàijī)
* 待機位置 / 待机位置
* 待機而動 / 待机而动
* 待漏
* 待物
* 待理不理
* 待產 / 待产
* 待產室 / 待产室
* 待罪 (dàizuì)
* 待罪羔羊
* 待考 (dàikǎo)
* 待茶
* 待見 / 待见 (dàijiàn)
* 待詔 / 待诏 (dàizhào)
* 待賈 / 待贾
* 待質 / 待质
* 待遇 (dàiyù)
* 待避 (dàibì)
* 待陽 / 待阳 (Dàiyáng)
* 急不可待 (jíbùkědài)
* 怕不待
* 急待 (jídài)
* 恭己待人
* 慢待 (màndài)
* 懶待 / 懒待
* 折節待士 / 折节待士
* 招待 (zhāodài)
* 招待券
* 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
* 指日可待 (zhǐrìkědài)
* 拭目以待 (shìmùyǐdài)
* 拭目而待
* 接待 (jiēdài)
* 接待員 / 接待员 (jiēdàiyuán)
* 掃榻以待 / 扫榻以待
* 推誠待物 / 推诚待物
* 擔待 / 担待 (dāndài)
* 敢待
* 整裝待發 / 整装待发 (zhěngzhuāngdàifā)
* 斂手待斃 / 敛手待毙
* 時不我待 / 时不我待 (shíbùwǒdài)
* 更待何時 / 更待何时 (gèng dài héshí)
* 更待干罷
* 有待 (yǒudài)
* 期待 (qīdài)
* 束手待斃 / 束手待毙 (shùshǒu dàibì)
* 枕戈待敵 / 枕戈待敌
* 枕戈待旦
* 欲待 (yùdài)
* 款待 (kuǎndài)
* 正待
* 決不待時 / 决不待时
* 特惠待遇
* 用逸待勞 / 用逸待劳
* 留待 (liúdài)
* 當待 / 当待
* 百廢待舉 / 百废待举 (bǎifèidàijǔ)
* 百端待舉 / 百端待举 (bǎiduān dàijǔ)
* 直待 (zhídài)
* 看待 (kàndài)
* 相待 (xiāngdài)
* 相待如賓 / 相待如宾
* 相待而成
* 祗待
* 等待 (děngdài)
* 管待 (guǎndài)
* 紅絲待選 / 红丝待选
* 翹足而待 / 翘足而待
* 耽待
* 自不待言 (zìbùdàiyán)
* 苦待 (kǔdài)
* 蓄勢待發 / 蓄势待发
* 薄待
* 藏器待時 / 藏器待时
* 蘊奇待價 / 蕴奇待价
* 虐待 (nüèdài)
* 虐待狂 (nüèdàikuáng)
* 處世待人 / 处世待人
* 虛位以待 / 虚位以待
* 虛左以待 / 虚左以待
* 虧待 / 亏待 (kuīdài)
* 被虐待狂
* 計日而待 / 计日而待 (jìrì'érdài)
* 賓待 / 宾待
* 蹺足而待 / 跷足而待
* 迎風待月 / 迎风待月
* 迫不及待 (pòbùjídài)
* 逸以待勞 / 逸以待劳
* 靜待 / 静待
* 韜晦待時 / 韬晦待时
* 韞櫝待價 / 韫椟待价
* 須待 / 须待
* 館待 / 馆待

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: đợi (“to wait for”)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dāi (dai$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): doi$^6$ / daai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): oi$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): dai$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dai
*** Wade–Giles: tai$^1$
*** Yale: dāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
*** Palladius: дай (daj)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: doi$^6$ / daai$^1$
*** Yale: doih / dāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: doi$^6$ / daai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: doi$^6$ / dai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːi̯²²/, /taːi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: oi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵘɔi³²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: dai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tai¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thăi
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai³⁵/

#### Definitions

待
* to stay

### References

* “待”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* wait

#### Readings

* Go-on: だい (dai)
* Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
* Kun: まつ (matsu, 待つ, Jōyō)、あしらう (ashirau, 待う)、まち (machi, 待ち)
* Nanori: なが (naga)、まち (machi)、まつ (matsu)、みち (michi)

#### Compounds

* 待(たい)機(き) (taiki)
* 待(たい)望(ぼう) (taibō)
* 待(まち)合(あい)室(しつ) (machiaishitsu)
* 期(き)待(たい) (kitai)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [tɛ] ~ [te̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [대/데]

### Hanja

Wikisource 待 (eumhun 기다릴 대 (gidaril dae))
* hanja form of 대 (“wait”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

待: Hán Nôm readings: đãi, đảy, đậy, đẩy, đẫy, đợi, rãi, dợi, đất, được
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.