“呆”“待”混用探源

Origin of "呆" "待" Mix

在今天,"呆"读dāi,"待"读dāi和dài。在dāi音"停留"意义上两字存在混用的情况。"待"字比"呆"出现早,先秦就有"待"字,而"呆"最初是"保"的古文,到元朝才有了"傻"的意义。在明清之前,"待"字的含义没有"停留"意义,明清开始才有此含义。"呆"字到明清也只有"傻"之类的含义,只是到了解放前后现当代文学作品中才出现了"停留"的意义,也是在这个时候,"呆""待"混用了。"待"读"dāi"是在与"呆"混用后,受"呆"的影响才增读"dāi"的。

In today＇s ＂呆＂ reading dāi,＂待＂ reading ＂dāi＂ and ＂dài＂.Dāi sound in ＂stay＂ the meaning of the word there is the case mix.＂待＂ than the word ＂呆＂ there early,there is the word ＂待＂ in the pre-Qin,and ＂呆＂ was the classical Chinese of the ＂保＂,to the Yuan Dynasty is a ＂silly＂ significance.Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties,＂待＂ had not the meaning of the word ＂stay＂ meaning,the meaning has begun since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,＂呆＂ only had the meaning of ＂stupid＂,but before and after the liberation in the contemporary literature it had the meaning of ＂stay＂,also at this time,＂呆＂ ＂待＂ could be mixed.＂待＂ was read ＂dāi＂ after the mix by the impact of ＂呆＂.