Dictionary › 等
等
děng
等 (děng) means "to wait; etc./and so on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.
What 等 means
- to wait for; to await
- by the time; when; till
- and so on; etc.; et al.
- bound formclass; rank; grade
- bound formequal to; same as
- (used to end an enumeration)
- literary(plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
Example sentences
-
等你。I'll wait for you.
-
等等。Wait, wait just a little while.
-
等等！Wait!
-
请稍等。Hold on a moment, please.
-
等会见！See you later!
-
等一下。Wait a moment.
Words starting with 等
- 等等děng děnget cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!
- 等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
- 等于děng yúto equal; to be tantamount to
- 等候děng hòuto wait; to wait for
- 等级děng jígrade; rank; status
- 等到děng dàoto wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- 等同děng tóngto equate; equal to
- 等不及děng bù jícan't wait
- 等值děng zhíof equal value
- 等着瞧děng zhe qiáowait and see (who is right)
- 等闲děng xiánordinary; common; unimportant
- 等离子děng lí zǐ(physics) plasma
- 等号děng hào(math) equals sign =
- 等分děng fēnto divide into equal parts
- 等位děng wèi(physics) equipotential
- 等价děng jiàequal; equal in value; equivalent
- 等式děng shìan equality; an equation
- 等第děng dìlevel; rank; grade
- 等而下之děng ér xià zhīgoing from there to lower grades (idiom)
- 等比děng bǐgeometric (of mathematical sequences or progressions)
- 等位基因děng wèi jī yīnallele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)
- 等化器děng huà qìequalizer (electronics, audio) (HK, Tw)
- 等比数列děng bǐ shù liègeometric progression
- 等效děng xiàoequivalent; equal in effect
Words containing 等
- 平等píng děngequal; equality
- 相等xiāng děngequal; equally; equivalent
- 不等bù děngunequal; varied
- 高等教育gāo děng jiào yùhigher education
- 中等zhōng děngmedium
- 高等gāo děnghigh-level; higher (animals, education etc); advanced (math etc)
- 何等hé děngwhat kind?; how, what; somewhat
- 一等yī děngfirst class; grade A
- 一等奖yī děng jiǎngfirst prize
- 同等tóng děngequal to; having the same social class or status
- 上等shàng děnghighest quality; top-notch
- 高等学校gāo děng xué xiàocolleges and universities
- 头等tóu děngfirst class; prime; main
- 久等jiǔ děngto wait for a long time
- 尔等ěr děng(literary) you (plural)
- 头等舱tóu děng cāng1st class cabin
- 男女平等nán nǚ píng děngequality of the sexes
- 特等tè děngspecial grade; top quality
- 坐等zuò děngto sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for…
- 低等dī děnginferior
- 高人一等gāo rén yī děnga cut above others; superior
- 劣等liè děngpoor-quality; inferior
- 不平等条约bù píng děng tiáo yuē(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor…
- 均等jūn děngequal; impartial; fair
Characters built on 竹
These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 等
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
- 婴yīnginfant; baby
- 筝zhēngsee 古筝
- 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
- 睪yìto spy out
- 萼ècalyx of a flower
Sounds the same
Read děng, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 等 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time adverbs & temporal expressions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read děng correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
Start learning