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款待

款待

Chinese

		section; paragraph; funds	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (款待)		款	待

Verb

款待

to treat cordially; to entertain

Japanese

Kanji in this term
款	待
かん Grade: S	たい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

款待 ‎(hiragana かんたい, romaji kantai)

warm reception
- 1937, 岡本かの子, 母子叙情:
  今 (いま)までの款待 (かんたい)の上 (うえ)に女中 (じょちゅう)がまたメロンを運 (はこ)んで来 (き)た。
  
  Ima made no kantai no ue ni jochū ga mata meron o hakonde kita.
  
  In addition to the kind welcome that we had already received, the maid came back bearing melons.

See also

持 (も)て成 (な)し ‎(motenashi)
厚情 (こうじょう) ‎(kōjō)

Verb

款待する ‎(hiragana かんたいする, romaji kantai suru)

to give a warm welcome, receive cordially

Conjugation

Conjugation of "款待する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	款待し	かんたいし	kantai shi
Continuative (連用形)	款待し	かんたいし	kantai shi
Terminal (終止形)	款待する	かんたいする	kantai suru
Attributive (連体形)	款待する	かんたいする	kantai suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	款待すれ	かんたいすれ	kantai sure
Imperative (命令形)	款待せよ¹ 款待しろ²	かんたいせよ¹ かんたいしろ²	kantai seyo¹ kantai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	款待される	かんたいされる	kantai sareru
Causative	款待させる款待さす	かんたいさせるかんたいさす	kantai saseru kantai sasu
Potential	款待できる	かんたいできる	kantai dekiru
Volitional	款待しよう	かんたいしよう	kantai shiyō
Negative	款待しない	かんたいしない	kantai shinai
Negative continuative	款待せず	かんたいせず	kantai sezu
Formal	款待します	かんたいします	kantai shimasu
Perfective	款待した	かんたいした	kantai shita
Conjunctive	款待して	かんたいして	kantai shite
Hypothetical conditional	款待すれば	かんたいすれば	kantai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kuǎndài

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fun² doi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khóan-thai
Min Nan (POJ): khoán-tāi / khoán-thāi / khoán-thāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuǎndài
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koanday
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fun² doi⁶
  - Yale: fún doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fun² doi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fuːn³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khóan-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kuan` tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kuan³ tai⁴
  - IPA: /kʰu̯an³¹ tʰa̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoán-tāi / khoán-thāi / khoán-thāi
  - Tâi-lô: khuán-tāi / khuán-thāi / khuán-thāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoafndai, qoafntai, qoafntai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taɪ²²/, /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ²²/, /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taɪ⁴¹/, /kʰuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaɪ⁴¹/, /kʰuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taɪ²²/, /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ²²/, /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taɪ³³/, /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ³³/, /kʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taɪ³³/, /kʰuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ³³/, /kʰuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ³³/