待 (dài / dāi) means Treat (wait), Stay. Below are 24 of the 47 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
接 待 处在一楼。
Jiēdài chù zài yī lóu.
The reception is on the ground floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 接待
她负责接 待 客人。
Tā fùzé jiēdài kèren.
She is in charge of receiving guests.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 接待
他在门口等 待 朋友。
Tā zài ménkǒu děngdài péngyou.
He is waiting for his friend at the door.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 等待
他对 待 工作很认真。
Tā duìdài gōngzuò hěn rènzhēn.
He treats his work very seriously.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 对待
我很期 待 这次旅行。
Wǒ hěn qīdài zhè cì lǚxíng.
I am looking forward to this trip.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 期待
大家都在期 待 结果。
Dàjiā dōu zài qīdài jiéguǒ.
Everyone is awaiting the result.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 期待
虐 待 动物是违法的。
Nüèdài dòngwù shì wéifǎ de.
Abusing animals is against the law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 虐待
等 待 的滋味不好受。
Děngdài de zīwèi bù hǎo shòu.
The taste of waiting is hard to bear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 滋味
这家公司的 待 遇不错。
Zhè jiā gōngsī de dàiyù búcuò.
The pay and benefits at this company are good.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 待遇
等 待 的时间总是很长。
Děngdài de shíjiān zǒngshì hěn cháng.
Time spent waiting always feels long.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 等待
他热情地招 待 了客人。
Tā rèqíng de zhāodài le kèren.
He entertained the guests warmly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 招待
招 待 所就在学校旁边。
Zhāodàisuǒ jiù zài xuéxiào pángbiān.
The guest house is right beside the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 招待
他成天 待 在实验室里。
Tā chéngtiān dāi zài shíyànshì lǐ.
He spends all day long in the laboratory.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成天
谢谢你们的盛情款 待 。
Xièxie nǐmen de shèngqíng kuǎndài.
Thank you for your generous hospitality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 款待
谢谢你们的盛情招 待 。
Xièxie nǐmen de shèngqíng zhāodài.
Thank you for your generous hospitality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盛情
等 待 有时是一种折磨。
Děngdài yǒushí shì yì zhǒng zhémo.
Waiting is sometimes a torment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折磨
主人热情地招 待 了我们。
Zhǔrén rèqíng de zhāodài le wǒmen.
The host received us warmly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 主人
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From the travel phrasebook
谢谢款 待 。
Xièxie kuǎndài.
Thank you for your hospitality.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
期 待 合作。
Qīdài hézuò.
Looking forward to working together.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
打算 待 多久？
Dǎsuàn dāi duō jiǔ?
How long do you plan to stay?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
我们不能接 待 外宾。
Wǒmen bù néng jiēdài wàibīn.
We can't accommodate foreign guests.
Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in
待 appears in 47 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 待
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Questions about 待
How is 待 used in a sentence?
This page shows 47 sentences using 待 (dài / dāi, "Treat (wait), Stay"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 待 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 待 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 待?
The dictionary page for 待 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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