接待

to receive (a visitor) / to admit (allow sb to enter)

Characters and words in 接待

jie̅ = ji + e1

to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb

接 = 妾 + 扌 : In front of the elevator, Joan of Arc's mobile phone is ringing, but she can't take the call because she has toy claws on both hands. The concubine comes to her help and takes over of answering the phone.

待

da̅i = d + ai1

to stay

待 = 寺 + 彳 : In front of the airplane someone devoted huge black sneakers to the local buddhist shrine. Don Quixote fits into them with his whole body and the sneakers are so cozy that he thinks he could stay like this forever.

待

dài = d + ai4

to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to