HSK 5 · Verbs

接待 jiēdài “to receive (visitors or guests)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 接待 means

  1. to receive (visitors or guests)
  2. to host
  3. to receive
  4. to entertain
  5. to host (guests, visitors or clients)

How to say 接待

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale待dài4th tone, falling

接待 in a sentence

  1. 这个家庭热情地接待了我。

    Zhè ge jiātíng rèqíng de jiēdài le wǒ.

    The family gave me a warm welcome.

    Sentence #444791 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这次，虽然我的阅历更多但是没有人等着接待我。

    Zhè cì, suīrán wǒ de yuèlì gèng duō dànshì méiyǒu rén děng zhe jiēdài wǒ.

    This time, although I’m more experienced, there’s nobody waiting to receive me.

    Sentence #775572 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 接待 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 接 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
接jiēto receive
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 妾concubine · qièSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 妾 (qiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

The character 待 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
待dàito wait
  • 彳step · chì
  • 寺court · sì

How to write 接待

接 11 strokes · 待 9 strokes

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接待 (jiēdài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 接待 (jiēdài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 接待

Words with 接

接jiē · connect接受jiēshòu · to accept直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接着jiēzhe · next接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach迎接yíngjiē · to welcome衔接xiánjiē · to link up间接jiànjiē · indirect接连jiēlián · in succession

Words with 待

待dāi · to stay等待děngdài · to wait对待duìdài · to treat招待zhāodài · to hold a reception期待qīdài · to look forward to待遇dàiyù · treatment看待kàndài · to regard款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly虐待nüèdài · to abuse

More words: Thinking & Talking

幻想huànxiǎng · to fantasise记忆jìyì · to remember纪念jìniàn · to commemorate假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse据说jùshuō · it is said that决心juéxīn · determination看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon

FAQs

接待 (jiēdài) means “to receive (visitors or guests)” or “to host”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiēdài: jiē with a 1st tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 接待 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiedai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 接待 from the suggestions. Typing jiedai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
接待 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.