等等 - Mandarin word #256

等等

děngděng

Traditional: 等等

HSK 2

#256 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

wait a moment, et cetera

Stroke order

等

，。

Wait, I'm not done speaking.

苹píng、橙chéng。

Apples, oranges, et cetera.

！

Wait for me!

桌zhuō、笔bǐ。

On the desk there are books, pens and so on.

，。

Wait for me, I am coming right away.

等等 (děng děng) means wait a moment, et cetera. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

等

to wait, to wait for

还是

or, still, had better

请

please, to invite, to treat

先

first, in advance, earlier

一下

a moment, once, briefly

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 6.