等 - Mandarin word #103

等

děng

Traditional: 等

HSK 2

#103 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to wait, to wait for

Stroke order

等

。

Please wait a moment.

。

I am waiting for you.

，。

No need to wait - he is not coming.

。

I have waited for you an hour.

口kǒu。

Please wait at the door for a moment.

等 (děng) means to wait, to wait for. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

等等

wait a moment, et cetera

回来

to come back, to return

来

to come (directional)

时间

time (duration/point)

一下

a moment, once, briefly

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 等.

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This word is part of lesson 3.