看待

看待

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (看待)		看	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ doi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ-thǎi / khòaⁿ-thāi / khàn-thāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kàndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannday
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: hōn doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ doi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ tɔːy̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-thǎi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-thǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaɪ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoartai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaɪ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarntai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ²²/

Verb

看待

1. to regard; to look upon; to consider; to treat

   一例看待  ―  yīlì kàndài  ―  to treat all in the same way

2. (literary) to treat cordially; to entertain

Synonyms

• (regard): 對待／对待 (duìdài)
• (treat cordially): (archaic) 待遇 (dàiyù), 款待 (kuǎndài), 接待 (jiēdài), 招待 (zhāodài)