Chinese symbol for “stay”
待
dāi
to stay; to remain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stay is 待 (dāi), defined as: to stay; to remain.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stay”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease |
| 寄宿 | jì sù | to stay; to lodge; to board |
| 下榻 | xià tà | to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip) |
| 驻留 (駐留) | zhù liú | to stay; to remain |
| 处 (處) | chǔ | to reside; to live |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 待.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stay”.
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.