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HSK
treatment / pay / salary / status / rank
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]
HSK 6
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 sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer
to wait for employment; to be unemployed
to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby
(idiom) to interact with people
unresolved / awaiting solution
to await a decision / to be pending
(of an expectant mother) to be in labor
to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
to be continued
to be on call / to be on standby
under investigation / currently unknown
suspended meal (Tw)
wait a minute / stop a while
to await death / to be a sitting duck
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
(coll.) to like
to-do list
evening primrose
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)


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