Miaozi

等

děngㄉㄥˇ
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HSK 2TOCFL 4

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to wait for; to await

  2. 2

    by the time; when; till

  3. 3

    and so on; etc.; et al.

  4. 4

    (bound form) class; rank; grade

  5. 5

    (bound form) equal to; same as

  6. 6

    (used to end an enumeration)

  7. 7

    (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

Examples

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等她回来的时候问问她。

等她回來的時候問問她。

Ask her when she comes back.

等她回来的时候问问她。

等她回來的時候問問她。

Wait for her to return then ask her.

我不想等那么久。

我不想等那麼久。

I don't want to wait that long.

“等他回来，我要让他给你打电话吗？”“是的，谢谢。”

“等他回來，我要讓他給你打電話嗎？”“是的，謝謝。”

"Shall I have him call you when he gets back?" "Yes, please."

我等我的一个朋友等了一小时。

我等我的一個朋友等了一小時。

I waited for my friend for an hour.

Grammar

Grammar using 等

等…就

When... then... with 等…就 · A2 · TOCFL a2

等

Deng Enumeration Particle (等) · B1 · TOCFL b1

Lesson coming later

Characters

Character breakdown

寺

sì

Buddhist temple

Related

Related: 等

不等

bù děng

unequal

平等

píng děng

equal

等候

děng hòu

to wait

等价

děng jià

equal

等到

děng dào

to wait until

等待

děng dài

to wait; to wait for

等于

děng yú

to equal

等等

děng děng

et cetera

Stroke practice

Practice writing 等

Characters

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