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等着 (等著)
  • [děngzhe]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

等着 [děngzhe]
  1. 1. verb hold

Examples

蚁蚕天天不停地吃着桑叶,吃饱了就等着褪皮长大。
Newly-hatched silkworms eat mulberry leaves every day; when they are full, they just wait to shed their skin and grow up.
你在这里等着,我过去看看。
You wait here, I'll go over and see.
等着吧,有他的好看。
You can be sure he'll soon find himself on the spot.
大家都在焦急地等着他。
Everyone is waiting for him anxiously.
你进去看看,我在门口等着
Go in and have a look, and I'll wait for you at the gate.
等着吧,这事儿没完!
Just wait. You haven't seen the end of this yet!
等着瞧吧。
Wait and see.
等着选举的结果,像热锅上的蚂蚁。
He was waiting for the results of the elections, restless as an ant on a hot pan.
谁先到谁等着
Whoever arrives first should wait for the other.
等着
Wait!

Word Decomposition


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