Difference between the verbs 待, 住, and 呆
Could someone explain the subtle differences between the verbs 待, 住, and 住 in the following sentences:

我们在北京待了一个星期。
我们在北京住了一个星期。
我们在北京呆了一个星期。

This sentence is supposed to describe that we stayed in Beijing for a week (stayed in hotel as tourists, never went back). I had native speakers suggest each one of these in their corrections of my notebook, but not sure what the difference is. Sorry, I cannot express this question in Mandarin!

Thanks for your input!

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Difference between the verbs 待, 住, and 呆
Could someone explain the subtle differences between the verbs 待, 住, and 住 in the following sentences:

我们在北京待了一个星期。
我们在北京住了一个星期。
我们在北京呆了一个星期。

This sentence is supposed to describe that we stayed in Beijing for a week (stayed in hotel as tourists, never went back). I had native speakers suggest each one of these in their corrections of my notebook, but not sure what the difference is. Sorry, I cannot express this question in Mandarin!

Thanks for your input!

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我们在北京待了一个星期。
我们在北京住了一个星期。
我们在北京呆了一个星期。
这个三个句子意思其实基本是相同的。不过说话人，在用不同的句子时，强调的内容有可能不一样。
”住“：强调的是居住。
例：1、我住在乡下，他住在城里。
        2、我住学校的宿舍，他自己在外面租房子住。（”待“和”呆“不能替换这几个句子中的”住“）
        3、以前我住的是公寓，现在我住的是别墅。

”待“同”呆“：强调的是在某个地方停留了多长时间，也可能没有住。
例：1、我在广州待了半天就回上海了。
        2、我在公司待了两个小时，就去外面找客户了。
        3、我在这个公司待了三年。（表示我在这个公司工作了三年，但并不表示我在这个公司住了三年。）
      4、妈妈看见小宝宝跑到泳池边了，可能会说：”宝贝，待在那儿，别动！妈妈过来抱你！“

^-^希望对你有帮助哦~

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我们在北京待了一个星期。 We stayed in Beijing for a week
我们在北京住了一个星期。 We lived in Beiijing for a week
我们在北京呆了一个星期。 We stayed in Beijing for a week

呆 is a synonym to  待, they are the same in the meaning,but 呆 have another meaning which is totally different to 待, it means" gawk" to describe a person who is retarded in reaction and awkward.  you can find for the form of the word"呆"  which is consisted of 口 and 木, 木 refers to
woond, wood would not feel pain like us. it also refers "numb"(麻木） In dail life , if someone was lost in thought and retarded in reaction  we would say" 呆子！(gawk)”  it sounds a little bit pejorative. hope my explanation is helpful to you~

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I think 我们在北京呆了一个星期 is wrong, the better usage is 我们在北京待了一个星期.
住 usually for a long time stay
but 待 usually for a short time stay

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呆 並不作 居住 或 滯留 解
呆 作動詞使用時 僅作 發楞 解
如 水滸傳˙第五回：「魯智深……一壺酒、一盤肉，都吃了，太公對席看見，呆了半晌。」

欲表達 居住 或 滯留 之意時
應使用 待
說成 我待在北京  
而非 我呆在北京

同音不可任意假借
人云亦云 以訛傳訛 習非成是 徒造成今日中文的紛亂

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hello there, 
我们在北京待了一个星期。we waited in beijing for a week
我们在北京住了一个星期。we lived in beijing for a week
我们在北京呆了一个星期。we stayed in beijing for a week