Zi:待

待 [dài] (​对待) treat/handle; (​招待) entertain; (​等待) wait for [dāi] 待/​呆​会 stay/wait a while; (HDZ:) …

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►⁴dài ​待 {B} v. ①treat; entertain ②wait for ③need ◆adv. pending
►²dāi ​待 {E} v. 〈environment:〉 coll. stay

The Shuōwén Seal form of 待 dài ‘wait/await’ combines ​彳 (chì) ‘small steps’ (​彳​亍 chìchù ‘walk/go slowly’), and ​寺 sì ‘court official’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​偫 zhì ‘keep in store/stock’; ​持 chí ‘hold tight; take charge of’.
    HDZ: 待 : dài : (SW: ​竢) ​等​候 (DYC: cf. ​等, ​等待; cf. ​竢/​俟: 待); ​防​备, ​防​御; ​供​给, ​备​用; ​对待, ​招待; ​依​靠, ​仗​恃; ​必​须, ​需​要; ​宽​容, ​容​忍; ​想​要, ​打​算; ​将​要; (​语​气​词) ​啊; ​持 (chí): ​执, ​扶​助; ​特 (tè) • dāi : ​停​留, ​逗​留
►references: Guǎngyùn:274.07; Karlgren:AD811,GSR961g'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.818.7; Mathews:6002; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:366.05; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:123.0.06; EDOC:1
►components: ​彳​寺​
►Cantonese: doih-
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