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等

děng

HSK 4 Character

What 等 means

1. to wait for; to await
2. by the time; when; till
3. and so on; etc.; et al.
4. bound formclass; rank; grade
5. bound formequal to; same as
6. (used to end an enumeration)
7. 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.

• 篷péngsail
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 笙shēngsheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

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.

• 戥small steelyard for weighing money