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等于

děng yú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 等於

等于 (děng yú) means "to equal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 等于 means

1. to equal
2. to be tantamount to

The characters in 等于

• 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 吸烟等于自杀。
  Smoking means suicide.
• 三加三等于六。
  If you add 3 to 3, you get 6.
• 十减二等于八。
  Subtract two from ten and you have eight.
• 五加三等于八。
  Five plus three is eight.
• 一加二等于三。
  One plus two equals three.
• 五乘二等于十。
  Five times two equals ten.

Words containing 等于

• 约等于yuē děng yúapproximately equal to

Where 等于 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Measurement, Quantity & Units (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read děng yú correctly.
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