待罪

Chinese

		wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (待罪)		待	罪
simp. ^#(待罪)		待	罪
Literally: “to await (eventual) punishment”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàizuì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàizuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàizuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tai⁴-tsui⁴
  - Yale: dài-dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daytzuey
  - Palladius: дайцзуй (dajczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dojX dzwojX

Rime
Character	待	罪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒亥切	徂賄切
Baxter	dojX	dzwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌi^X/	/d͡zuʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dəi^X/	/d͡zuoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒi^X/	/d͡zuɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəj^X/	/d͡zwəj^X/
Li Rong	/dᴀi^X/	/d͡zuᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/dɒi^X/	/d͡zuɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆i^X/	/d͡zʱuɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	doi⁶	zeoi⁶

Verb

待罪

(obsolete, humble) to serve as an official; to occupy an official position
Synonym: 俟罪 (sìzuì)
- 臣幸得待罪行間。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  臣幸得待罪行间。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Chén xìng dé dàizuì hángjiān. [Pinyin]
  I have had the honour of serving in the rank and file.