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
trad. (看待)		看	待
simp. #(看待)		看	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ doi⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-thǎi / khòaⁿ-thāi / khàn-thāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàndài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: kàn-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannday
    • Palladius: каньдай (kanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: hōn doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-thǎi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-thǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰai²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoartai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarntai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰai²²/

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

• (to regard):

• 對待／对待 (duìdài)
• 相看 (xiāngkan)
• 視／视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)

 

• (to treat cordially):

• 交待 (jiāodài) (literary)
• 張羅／张罗
• 待遇 (dàiyù) (archaic)
• 應接／应接 (yìngjiē) (literary)
• 招待 (zhāodài)
• 接待 (jiēdài)
• 接接 (“chih-chiap”) (Hokkien)
• 款待 (kuǎndài)