Chinese symbol for “standby”
待机
dài jī
Traditional: 待機
to wait for an opportunity; (electronic devices) standby
The closest CC-CEDICT match for standby is 待机 (dài jī), defined as: to wait for an opportunity; (electronic devices) standby.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 待机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 等待 | děng dài | to wait; to wait for |
| 对待 (對待) | duì dài | to treat; treatment |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to; to await |
| 待遇 | dài yù | treatment; pay |
| 看待 | kàn dài | to look upon; to regard |
| 虐待 | nüè dài | to mistreat; to maltreat |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “standby”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.