等
Meanings
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- 1.to wait for; to await
- 2.by the time; when; till
- 3.and so on; etc.; et al.
- 4.(bound form) class; rank; grade
- 5.(bound form) equal to; same as
- 6.(used to end an enumeration)
- 7.(literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to arrange bamboo slips neatly
- 2.rank; grade; class
- 3.sort; kind; type
- 4.one of the "divisions" of a rime table, encoding some phonological distinction; see Middle Chinese finals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 5.equal; equivalent
- 6.and the like; and so on; etc.; et al.
- 7.Particle indicating the ending of enumeration.
- 8.Plural particle used after personal pronouns or nouns.
- 9.a surname
- 10.to wait (for)
- 11.when (something happens at a point in time in the future)
- 12.to be in need of
- 13.to let; to allow; to permit
- 14.to let (used to give notice to something in the future)
- 15.to cause; to make
- 16.Introduces a clause that expresses negative surprise.
- 17.by
- 18.Progressive particle, used after verbs to indicate the continuation of an action or a state.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs). 竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. grading, classification) in ancient times. 寺 (OC *ljɯs) was originally used phonetically; the character was subsequently borrowed for another word with the same meaning, but with no phonetic resemblance to 寺. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“top; to rise; to raise”) (STEDT). Endoactive of 登 (OC *tɯːŋ, “to rise; to ascend”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
等你。
I'll wait for you.
等一下！
Wait!
等一下！
Hang on!
請稍等。
Wait a moment.
等一下。
Wait a moment.
湯姆會等。
Tom'll wait.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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