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The character 俟 is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side person radical 亻 provides its semantic category related to human actions or states, while the right component 矢 gives its phonetic value. It functions as a classical verb meaning to wait or await, often with a sense of patient, formal anticipation. While now primarily found in classical texts and specific compounds rather than daily speech, its structure reflects a deliberate human posture of pausing or remaining in place pending future events.
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请稍俟片刻。
我们在等候进一步的通知。
他必须待机等候时机。
一切决定皆俟调查结束。
投资者静俟市场回暖。
此计划须俟资金到位方可启动。
双方协议俟签字后立即生效。
诸多改革措施尚俟社会共识形成。