dài

  1. dài verb to treat; to entertain; to receive guests
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 对待 (Guoyu '待' v 4; Unihan '待')
  2. dài verb to guard against
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 防备 (Guoyu '待' v 2)
  3. dài verb to wait
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 等候 (Guoyu '待' v 1; Unihan '待')
  4. dài verb to depend on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 凭靠 (Guoyu '待' v 3)
  5. dài verb to intend to; to plan to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 将要 or 打算 (Guoyu '待' v 5)
  6. dài particle expressing affirmation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the middle or at the end of a sentence, similar to 啊 (Guoyu '待' particle)
  7. dāi verb to stay; to stop over
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 停留 (Guoyu '待' dāi v)
  8. dài adjective dependence on; apekṣā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: apekṣā, Japanese: tai, or: dai (BCSD '待', p. 443; MW 'apekṣā'; SH '待', p. 301; Unihan '待')

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