待見

Chinese

		wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (待見)		待	見
simp. (待见)		待	见

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàijiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ gin³
Jin (Wiktionary): dai³ jie³ / dai³ jie²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàijiàn → dàijian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ → ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàijiån
  - Wade–Giles: tai⁴-chien⁵
  - Yale: dài-jyan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day.jiann
  - Palladius: дайцзянь (dajczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /taɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛn¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: doi⁶ gin³
  - Yale: doih gin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ gin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ gin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² kiːn³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dai³ jie³ / dai³ jie²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tai⁴⁵ t͡ɕie⁴⁵/, /tai⁴⁵ t͡ɕie⁵³/

Verb

待見

(chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to be fond of (someone)
(Jin) to love dearly
(Jin) to like; to be fond of

Synonyms

(to like):

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Guilin	喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歡喜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中意
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Puning	愛, 癮₂, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡