| 1 | 待 | 待 | dài | dai4 | to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to | | |
| 2 | 对待 | 對待 | duì dài | dui4 dai4 | to treat; treatment | | |
| 3 | 等待 | 等待 | děng dài | deng3 dai4 | to wait; to wait for | | |
| 4 | 接待 | 接待 | jiē dài | jie1 dai4 | to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter) | | |
| 5 | 看待 | 看待 | kàn dài | kan4 dai4 | to look upon; to regard | | |
| 6 | 待遇 | 待遇 | dài yù | dai4 yu4 | treatment; pay; salary; status; rank | | |
| 7 | 招待 | 招待 | zhāo dài | zhao1 dai4 | to receive (guests); to entertain; reception | | |
| 8 | 期待 | 期待 | qī dài | qi1 dai4 | to look forward to; to await; expectation | | |
| 9 | 交待 | 交待 | jiāo dài | jiao1 dai4 | variant of 交代 | | |
| 10 | 虐待 | 虐待 | nüè dài | nu:e4 dai4 | to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment | | |
| 11 | 有待 | 有待 | yǒu dài | you3 dai4 | not yet (done); pending | | |
| 12 | 优待 | 優待 | yōu dài | you1 dai4 | preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment | | |
| 13 | 招待所 | 招待所 | zhāo dài suǒ | zhao1 dai4 suo3 | guest house; small hotel | | |
| 14 | 待业 | 待業 | dài yè | dai4 ye4 | to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China) | | |
| 15 | 待字 | 待字 | dài zì | dai4 zi4 | (literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal | | |
| 16 | 待用餐 | 待用餐 | dài yòng cān | dai4 yong4 can1 | suspended meal (Tw) | | |
| 17 | 待诏 | 待詔 | dài zhào | dai4 zhao4 | expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties) | | |
| 18 | 直待 | 直待 | zhí dài | zhi2 dai4 | to wait until; until | | |
| 19 | 待机 | 待機 | dài jī | dai4 ji1 | to wait for an opportunity; (electronic devices) standby | | |
| 20 | 坐以待毙 | 坐以待斃 | zuò yǐ dài bì | zuo4 yi3 dai4 bi4 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | | |
| 21 | 持重待机 | 持重待機 | chí zhòng dài jī | chi2 zhong4 dai4 ji1 | to carefully bide one's time (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 持币待购 | 持幣待購 | chí bì dài gòu | chi2 bi4 dai4 gou4 | to rush to buy with cash in hand; to compete to buy scarce goods (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 藏器待时 | 藏器待時 | cáng qì dài shí | cang2 qi4 dai4 shi2 | to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment | | |
| 24 | 包待制 | 包待制 | bāo dài zhì | Bao1 Dai4 zhi4 | Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | | |
| 25 | 百废待兴 | 百廢待興 | bǎi fèi dài xīng | bai3 fei4 dai4 xing1 | many things waiting to be done (idiom); a thousand things to do | | |