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等待

děng dài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

等待 (děng dài) means "to wait; to wait for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 等待 means

1. to wait; to wait for

The characters in 等待

• 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with

Example sentences

• 不要等待！
  Don't wait.
• 我无需等待。
  I don't need to wait.
• 我等待更新。
  I await updates.
• 我在等待批准。
  I am waiting for approval.
• 有时等待很难！
  Sometimes, waiting is very difficult!
• 我们必须等待。
  We must wait.

Words starting with 等待

• 等待时间děng dài shí jiānwaiting time; (computing) latency

Words containing 等待

• 零等待状态líng děng dài zhuàng tàizero wait state (computing)

Where 等待 is taught

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

Go deeper

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