Stay.
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待
dāi
HSK 3.0 · 5
dāi · doi6 (Jyutping)
- to stay; to remain
dài · doi6 (Jyutping)
- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to
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Character breakdown
待
- Meaning
- treat, entertain, receive; wait
- Radical
- 彳
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰彳寺
- Cangjie
- HOGDI
- Four-corner
- 2424.1
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Stay home.
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