Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
等
děng
Description
"等"最常用的意思是等待，比如在车站等公交车。
The most common meaning of "等" is to wait, such as waiting for a bus at the station.
它也可以放在词后面，表示"等等"或者一样的意思。
It can also be placed after words to mean "and so on" or the same meaning.
Meanings
等děng
to wait
请等我一下。
Please wait for me a moment.
等děng
etc.; and so on
我喜欢苹果、香蕉等水果。
I like fruits such as apples and bananas.
等děng
class; grade; rank
他考了一等奖。
He won first prize in the exam.
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Notes
- Nuance
as "etc." 等 or 等等 comes after a list; 等等 is more colloquial.
- Etymology
originally meant "rank/grade," extending to "equal" and later "to wait."
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