what's the meaning of 'jyodai'?

[IkArI ShInJi]

I've heard the use of this word in some of the Japanese tv series,
especially in the anime series of 'Chibi Maruko Chan'. From the
context, it seems to have the same meaning as 'kudasai' (please),
but I cannot find this word in my dictionary. I want to know what
kanji this pair of syllables represent. Hope someone can shed some
light on it.

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Chan Ka Yuen
Civil & Structural Engineering, HKUST
ceck...@engsvr.ust.hk
http://engsvr.ust.hk/~ceckya97

[J.C. and Amiko Kelly]

On 1 Feb 1998 06:38:36 GMT, ceka...@uxmail.ust.hk (IkArI ShInJi)
wrote:

>I've heard the use of this word in some of the Japanese tv series,
>especially in the anime series of 'Chibi Maruko Chan'. From the
>context, it seems to have the same meaning as 'kudasai' (please),
>but I cannot find this word in my dictionary. I want to know what
>kanji this pair of syllables represent. Hope someone can shed some
>light on it.

You must mean 'choudai'. It is formally used in expressions like
'{something} wo choudai itasimasu', which means "I will take (get)
{something}". Similar in a sense to '{something} wo kudasai'.

In conversational speech, this is shortened to '{something} choudai',
meaning 'give me that' or 'I'll have that'. It can be shortened even
further to 'choudai', which means something along the lines of 'gimme'
or 'gimme that'.

Chou and dai (tai) are both kanji for 'itadaku'; chou is the simpler
of the two; tai is a more complex character. Hope this helps you
locate them!

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J.C. Kelly
j-a...@s054.aone.net.au
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IkArI ShInJi wrote:
>
> but I cannot find this word in my dictionary. I want to know what
> kanji this pair of syllables represent. Hope someone can shed some
> light on it.

你好。我是日本人。
I try to send this by BIG5 code, but I wonder if it will work...

chodai - 頂戴

Thank you !
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