待
dāidài HSK3

wait, stay, treat

待 dāi frequency
stay verb
to stay; to remain

他在北京待了三天。

tā zài Běi​jīng dāi le sān tiān.

He stayed in Beijing for three days.

呆 (待) dāi
stay verb
to stay or remain in a particular place

我不想在这个城市里呆下去了。

wǒ bù xiǎng zài zhè gè chéng​shì lǐ dāi xià​qù le.

I don't want to stay in this city anymore.

待 dài
wait verb
to wait for or await someone or something

请在此稍待片刻。

qǐng zài cǐ shāo dài piàn​kè.

Please wait here for a moment.

need verb
to need or require (often used in formal or passive constructions)

这项工作尚待完成。

zhè xiàng gōng​zuò shàng dài wán​chéng.

This work has yet to be completed.

treat verb
to treat people or deal with situations in a particular way

他待人接物一直非常周到。

tā dài rén jiē​wù yī​zhí fēi​cháng zhōu​dào.

He has always been very thoughtful and considerate in his dealings with others.

intend verb
going to, about to, or intending to do something

我正待解释，他却转身走了。

wǒ zhèng dài jiě​shì, tā què zhuǎn​shēn zǒu le.

I was just about to explain when he turned around and left.

Frequency
Character
Written text
673rd most common 298.5 per million
Movie subtitles
425th most common 348.3 per million appears in 82% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
181.9 per million appears in 46% of films
Written text
70.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+5F85

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)