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Mythic Mandarin

等 (děng): meaning and stroke order

等 (děng) means to wait for; to await, by the time; when; till, and so on; etc.; et al..

等

Simplified
等
Traditional
等 (same form)
Pinyin
děng

Stroke order of 等

等

  • děng to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 等

  1. děng
    • to wait for; to await
    • by the time; when; till
    • and so on; etc.; et al.
    • (bound form) class; rank; grade
    • (bound form) equal to; same as
    • (used to end an enumeration)
    • (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

Radical and structure

等
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 12 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 寺 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 等

等 in our stories

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  • 他走了五分钟，看见陈静在等他。

    tā zǒu le wǔ fēnzhōng kànjiàn Chén Jìng zài děng tā

    He walked for five minutes and saw Chen Jing waiting for him.

    From the story At the airport HSK 2

  • 梁宇下了飞机，在行李转盘旁边等了半个小时，也没看到自己的箱子。

    Liáng Yǔ xià le fēijī zài xíngli zhuànpán pángbiān děng le bàn gè xiǎoshí yě méi kàndào zìjǐ de xiāngzi

    Liang Yu got off the plane and waited half an hour at the baggage carousel without seeing his suitcase.

    From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4

  • 唐磊高兴极了，从此不再想新的口味，每天只坐在店里等下一个网红。

    Táng Lěi gāoxìng jí le cóngcǐ bú zài xiǎng xīn de kǒuwèi měitiān zhǐ zuò zài diàn lǐ děng xià yí gè wǎnghóng

    Tang Lei was overjoyed. From then on he stopped thinking up new flavours and just sat in the shop every day waiting for the next influencer.

    From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4

Stories using 等

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).