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等待

等待

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (等待)		等	待

Verb

等待

to wait; to await

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): děngdài

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² doi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tén-thai
Min Nan (POJ): tán-thāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: děngdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengday
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang² doi⁶
  - Yale: dáng doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang² doi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: den` tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: den³ tai⁴
  - IPA: /ten³¹ tʰa̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-thāi
  - Tâi-lô: tán-thāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dafntai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ³³/