可待

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (可待)		可	待
simp. #(可待)		可	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kědài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kědài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kědài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-tai⁴
    • Yale: kě-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeday
    • Palladius: кэдай (kɛdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

可待

1. (literary) to be about to happen

Derived terms

• 倚馬可待／倚马可待 (yǐmǎkědài)
• 往者不可及，來者猶可待／往者不可及，来者犹可待 (wǎngzhě bùkějí láizhě yóu kědài dài)
• 急不可待 (jíbùkědài)
• 指日可待 (zhǐrìkědài)

 

Adverb

可待

1. (literary) about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at hand; around the corner

Synonyms

• 即將／即将 (jíjiāng)
• 咧欲 (Hokkien)
• 將要／将要 (jiāngyào)
• 就嚟 (Cantonese)
• 就快 (zau⁶ faai³) (Cantonese)
• 就要
• 得欲 (Hokkien)
• 快要 (kuàiyào)