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What 等 means

to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

Ideographic: Bamboo strips ⺮ laid before a court 寺

Made of 寺

Words with 等

• 等等děng děnget cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
• 等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
• 等到děng dàoto wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
• 等一等děng yī děngwait a moment
• 等不及děng bù jícan't wait
• 等候děng hòuto wait; to wait for
• 等于děng yúto equal; to be tantamount to
• 久等jiǔ děngto wait for a long time
• 平等píng děngequal; equality
• 等着瞧děng zhe qiáowait and see (who is right)
• 等级děng jígrade; rank; status
• 头等舱tóu děng cāng1st class cabin

等 in a sentence

• 所有您要做的，就是等待。

  suǒ yǒu nín yào zuò de ， jiù shì děng dài 。

  All you have to do is to wait.

• 我等不及要去度假。

  wǒ děng bù jí yào qù dù jià 。

  I can't wait to go on a vacation.

• 等等，有人在敲我的门。

  děng děng ， yǒu rén zài qiāo wǒ de mén 。

  Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.

• 许多人在排队等候。

  xǔ duō rén zài pái duì děng hòu 。

  Many people were waiting in line.

• 没有欲望就等于拥有。

  méi yǒu yù wàng jiù děng yú yōng yǒu 。

  Not wanting is the same as having.

Characters that sound like 等

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