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有待

yǒudài

to remain to be; to await

A person with a clipboard looks at an unfinished bridge
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Characters in this word

有 yǒu

Strokes
6
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
𠂇 hand 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

待 dāi

Strokes
9
Radical
彳 — to step with the left foot
Made of
彳 to step with the left foot 寺 court, office
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这个方案的可行性还有待进一步论证。 Zhège fāng'àn de kěxíngxìng hái yǒudài jìnyíbù lùnzhèng. The feasibility of this proposal still requires further demonstration.
  • 他的口语水平还有待提高。 Tā de kǒuyǔ shuǐpíng hái yǒudài tígāo. His spoken Chinese still needs to be improved.
  • 市中心的交通问题还有待解决。 Shìzhōngxīn de jiāotōng wèntí hái yǒudài jiějué. The traffic problems in the city center are yet to be solved.

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