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HSK
to wait; to wait for
HSK 3
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
treatment / pay / salary / status / rank
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
to look upon; to regard
HSK 5
in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]
HSK 6
not yet (done) / pending
HSK 7-9
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
HSK 7-9
to mistreat / to maltreat / to abuse / mistreatment / maltreatment
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
a reception / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
guesthouse; hostel
to need urgently; to need doing without delay
to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer
codeine (loanword)
to wait for employment; to be unemployed
waiting time / (computing) latency
preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby
to treat well
to entertain / to be hospitable to
to treat
(idiom) to interact with people
sadism / sadist
unresolved / awaiting solution
to await a decision / to be pending
(of an expectant mother) to be in labor
in bud / budding
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
generous treatment
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
cry piteously for food
to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
to treat sb unfairly
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
to be lenient with others (idiom)
to be continued
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to be on call / to be on standby
(idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer
under investigation / currently unknown
to slight (treat badly)
mean treatment / indifference / meager hospitality
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
to treat leniently / liberal treatment
needless to say / it goes without saying
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
receptionist
suspended meal (Tw)
sexual abuse
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
to wait until / until
wait a minute / stop a while
to await death / to be a sitting duck
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
to provide warm hospitality
to expect in a short time (idiom) / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4]
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
most favored nation
treat harshly
reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)
(coll.) to like
to show favoritism against sb / to treat unfairly
to-do list
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
needless to say; it goes without saying
discount coupon / complimentary ticket
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
evening primrose
service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
press conference
zero wait state (computing)
variant of 交代
Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
to be advised / awaiting an answer
to be about to
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
variant of 亟待
emergency standby / to be on standby
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
reception room
(idiom) time and tide wait for no man
hands tied and expecting the worst
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带) / cf. 海歸|海归

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