Ideographic: One with wooden 木 speech 口Radical:

meaning for dāi:

  • - foolish
  • - stupid
  • - expressionless
  • - blank
  • - to stayto stare blankly
  • - to be stunned
  • - to be lost in thoughtdumbstruck (idiom)
  • - stupefied
  • - stunnedstupefied
  • - stunnedimbecility
  • - dementiaimbecility
  • - dementia

zhǐnéng只能
dāi
jǐge几个
xiǎoshí小时

He can only stay for a few hours.


zài
běifāng北方
dāi
le
hěnduō很多
nián

I have been living in the north for many years.


yàoshi要是
míngtiān明天
xiàyǔ下雨
wǒmen我们
jiù
dāi
zài
shìnèi室内

If it rains tomorrow, we will stay inside.


rúguǒ如果
shízài实在
xǐhuan喜欢
yóulèyuán游乐园
jiù
dāi
zài
jiālǐ家里
kàndiànyǐng看电影
yěhǎo也好

If you don't like going to the amusement park, stay at home and watch a movie instead.


yǒushí有时
zài
jiāoshìlǐ教室里
dāi
xiǎng

Sometimes I daydream in the classroom.