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有待

有待

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (有待)		有	待

Verb

有待

to be not yet done; to be waiting or pending

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǒudài

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ doi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ǔ-thāi / ū-thāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒudài
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouday
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ doi⁶
  - Yale: yáuh doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ doi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ tɔːi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-thāi
  - Tâi-lô: ǔ-thāi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² tʰaɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-thāi
  - Tâi-lô: ū-thāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxtai
  - IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰaɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ tʰaɪ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ tʰaɪ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ tʰaɪ²²/