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Five ambulances are on standby at the port.
The emergency services were put on standby after a bomb warning.

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Open the tool →待命 (dài mìng) means “awaiting orders; on standby”.
待命 is pronounced dài mìng in Mandarin Chinese.
“awaiting orders; on standby” is 待命 (dài mìng) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 待命, each with pinyin and an English translation.