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Mythic Mandarin

等待 (děng dài): meaning and stroke order

等待 (děng dài) means to wait; to wait for.

等待

Simplified
等待
Traditional
等待 (same form)
Pinyin
děng dài

Stroke order of 等待

等

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

Stroke by stroke

待

  • dāi to stay; to remain
  • dài to wait; to treat
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 等待

  1. děng dài
    • to wait; to wait for

Radicals of the characters

等
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 12 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 寺 below
待
Radical 彳 (Kangxi radical 60) · 9 strokes · 彳 on the left, 寺 on the right

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.

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).