待dài

 ❶ （对待） treat;deal with:～ 人热情友好 treat people hospitably and kindly；
你应该 ～ 他更客气些。 You should deal with him more politely.
❷ （招待） entertain:她 ～ 客很慷慨。 She entertained her guests handsomely.
❸ （等待） wait for;await:尚 ～ 解决的问题 a problem awaiting solution;an outstanding issue；
有 ～ 改进 have yet to be improved
❹ （需要） need:自不 ～ 言。 This goes without saying.;This is taken for granted.
❺ (要；打算) going to;about to:～ 说不说 swallow what one was about to say；
我正 ～ 睡觉，电话响了。 I was about to go to bed when the telephone rang.
另见 see also dāi。
◆待毙 await death;be a sitting duck；
待茶 receive (guest) with tea；
待查 yet to be investigated；
待承 entertain;treat；
待发 {军} committed;due out；
待机 await the opportune moment;bide one's time；
待见 [口] like;be fond of；
待考 need checking;remain to be verified；
待客 receive guests;entertain guests；
待理不理 look cold and indifferent;lukewarm reception;give the cold shoulder to sb.;be standoffish;treat coldly；
待命 await orders；
待聘人员 the people waiting for engage￣ment；
待人接物 the way one gets along with people;manner of dealing with people;the way one conducts oneself in relation to others；
待业 wait for employment；
待业青年 young people waiting for job assignments;unemployed youth;youth awaiting job;young people awaiting [waiting for] employment；
待业人员 people [personal] waiting for employment；
待遇 (对待；权利) treatment;（物质报酬） remuneration;pay;wages;salary;terms of employment；
待字闺中 (a girl) not betrothed yet;One's daughter is still unmarried.;waiting in the boudoir to be betrothed