person being waited for; the awaited one
Refers to the person one is waiting for, often with a sense of longing or anticipation. Common in poetic or literary contexts.
The person I'm waiting for hasn't come yet.
彼女は駅で待ち人を探していた。
She was looking for the person she was waiting for at the station.
person who waits; waiter
Less common; refers to the person doing the waiting. Often replaced by 待っている人 in modern speech.
The waiting person stood shivering in the cold.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 待ち人.
Compound of 待ち (machi, the continuative form of 待つ 'to wait') + 人 (hito, 'person'), with rendaku voicing of ひと to びと.