待办事项

待辦事項

dàibànshìxiàng

noun

Measure Word

一条待办事项 tiáo

Meanings

1 to-do item
2 task on a to-do list
3 pending task

Characters

Examples

今天的待办事项有五条。

Jīntiān de dàibàn shìxiàng yǒu wǔ tiáo.

There are five to-do items for today.

把它加到待办事项里。

Bǎ tā jiā dào dàibàn shìxiàng lǐ.

Add it to the to-do list.

Tips

memory

待 'awaiting' + 办 'to handle' = 'awaiting handling', i.e. pending. The 待+V pattern is productive and very useful: 待办 (to do), 待付 (to pay), 待发 (to ship), 待收 (to receive). All show up as order/task statuses in apps.

Stroke Order

待 dài

办 bàn

事 shì

项 xiàng