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等
děng
1.
class
2.
rank
3.
grade
4.
equal to
5.
same as
6.
to wait for
7.
to await
8.
et cetera
9.
and so on
10.
et al. (and other authors)
11.
after
12.
as soon as
13.
once
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一等
yīděng
first class
上等
shàngděng
highest quality
不等
bùděng
unequal
丙等
bǐngděng
third rank
中等
zhōngděng
medium
久等
jiǔděng
to wait for a long time
干等
gānděng
to wait in vain
二等
èrděng
second class
低等
dīděng
inferior
何等
héděng
what kind?
你等
nǐděng
you all (archaic)
优等
yōuděng
first-rate
全等
quánděng
congruent (triangles)
幂等
mìděng
idempotent (math.)
初等
chūděng
elementary (i.e. easy)
同等
tóngděng
equal to
吾等
wúděng
(literary) we
品等
pǐnděng
grade (quality of product)
均等
jūnděng
equal
天等
Tiānděng
Tiandeng county in Chongzuo [[崇左<Chóngzuǒ>]], Guangxi
Example Sentences (6)
谢谢您！现在有很多事情等着我做，真不知道该先做哪个好。
Xièxiè nín! Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shìqing děngzhe wǒ zuò, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi xiān zuò nǎ ge hǎo.
Thank you! I have a lot to do right now, and I really don't know which one to do first.
Text 2
你在这儿等吧，我拿了伞就下来。
Nǐ zài zhèr děng ba, wǒ ná le sǎn jiù xiàlái.
Wait here, I'll come right down once I grab the umbrella.
Text 3
喜欢她的人太多了，你看那些拿着鲜花站在门口的，都是等她的。
Xǐhuan tā de rén tài duō le, nǐ kàn nàxiē ná zhe xiān huā zhàn zài mén kǒu de, dōu shì děng tā de.
Too many people like her. Look at those people standing at the door with flowers; they're all waiting for her.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 157
- Word Frequency Rank
- 236 of 84,292