WAIT  等待待

EXPECT an EVENT and THINK about this EXPECTATION.
HOLD ONHOLD BACKBIDE ONE'S TIMEHANG FIREMARK TIMESTAND BYSIT TIGHTHOLD ONE'S HORSES
Hypernym
  • EXPECTBELIEVE that an EVENT will HAPPEN OR MAY PROBABLY HAPPEN in the FUTURE.
    • BELIEVEATTITUDE IN-RELATION-TO a THINK:thought to the effect that this THOUGHT is TRUE.
      • ATTITUDERELATION between a HUMAN who FEELS and PERCEIVED OBJECTS involving a TENDENDY to REACT.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for waiting is dài 待.

2. Sì 俟 and the rare archaic xī 徯 refers to awaiting something urgently.

3. Hòu 候 refers to lying in waiting for something, literally or metaphorically, ready to act on it.

4. Xū 須 typically refers to taking one's time waiting patiently for something.

NB: Děng 等 is post-Han.

Modern Chinese Criteria
等

等候

聽候

佇候

守候

恭候

期待

等待

候

待

俟

虛位以待

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • () p. XXX

  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 335

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.16

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    WAIT

    expectare denotes waiting for something, almost as a mere mental act, as a feeling, without practical reference or accessory meaning.

    praestolari refers to waiting for something with the nuance that the person waiting intends, after the arrival of the object waited for, to do something.

    opperiri is a poetic word for waiting.

    Note that the distinction between warten and harren is absent in Latin.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 94

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 86

Words

待  dài OC: ɡ-lɯɯʔ MC: dəi 67 AttributionsWD

the current general word for waiting

    Word relations
  • Object: 時/OPPORTUNITY The current word for an opportunity presenting itself is shí 時.
  • Contrast: 須/WAIT Xū 須 typically refers to taking one's time waiting patiently for something.

    Syntactic words
  • viactengage in waiting for things, remain in a place
  • vt prep Nwait for NCH
  • vt(oN)wait for the contextually determinate N
  • vt[oN]wait for things to comeCH
  • vtoNN=humanwait for (a person) 待我二十五年
  • vtoNN=nonhuwait for (something desirable); wait until; wait for (a period of time); expect
  • vtoNPab{S}wait until S; wait whether S
  • vtoNpassivebe successfully or confidently waited for
  • vtoSwait until S
  • vtoSimperativewait until S! wait in this matter
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2wait for (something N1) from (a source N2)
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2N2=placewait for somebody N1 at a place N2DS
俟  sì OC: sɢrɯʔ MC: ʐɨ 16 AttributionsWD

Sì 俟 and the rare archaic xī 徯 refers to awaiting something urgently

    Syntactic words
  • viactbe waiting
  • vt+V[0]take the time to V; wait for the V-ing to be finished
  • vt[oN]be waiting and ready for things to happenCH
  • vtoNwait (respectfully and appropriately) for
  • vtoNPab{S}SHI: wait urgently (for lover); take the time to wait; wait respectfully (typically for superior, or in ritually regulated contexts), wait politely
  • vtoNpassivebe waited for
須  xū OC: so MC: si̯o 9 AttributionsWD

Xū 須 typically refers to taking one's time waiting patiently for something.

    Syntactic words
  • viacttake one's time and wait, lie in waiting
  • vtoNtake the time to wait until; [wait for]
  • vtoSwait until S (with sentential object)
伺  sì OC: sqlɯs MC: sɨ 8 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vt[oN]to wait for an opportunityLZ
  • vtoNwait for (an event)
  • vtoNPab{S}wait for S to occur
  • vtoSwait for S to happen
  • vtt[oN1]+prep+N2N2=placewait for an opportunity at N2DS
候  hòu OC: ɡoos MC: ɦu 2 AttributionsWD

Hòu 候 refers to lying in waiting for something, literally or metaphorically, ready to act on it.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNspy out; lie in waiting for
  • vtt(oN1.)+N2N2=placewait for the contextually determinate N1 at the place N2DS
久  jiǔ OC: klɯʔ MC: kɨu 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • viactwait for a long time
徯  xī OC: ɡee MC: ɦei 1 AttributionWD

Sì 俟 and the rare archaic xī 徯 refers to awaiting something urgently

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNarchaic, rare: SHU, gaoyao 10: wait urgently (for guidance)
等  děng OC: k-lɯɯŋʔ MC: təŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwait for
留待  liú dài OC: b-ru ɡ-lɯɯʔ MC: lɨu dəi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNstay and wait > wait for
須臾  xū yú OC: so lo MC: si̯o ji̯o 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • viactwait for as much as a moment
伺候  sī MC: si -- OC: sqlɯ --TWH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNwait for (an event)TWH
儲  chǔ OC: ɡ-la MC: ɖi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viwait ZHANG HENG 東京賦：儲乎廣庭 "wait in the broad hall".

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