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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

等 [děng]

1. noun [等级] grade

中等

medium

优等

outstanding

二等奖

second prize

一等品

first-rate goods
2. noun [类] kind

这等人

this kind of person
3. verb [相同] equal

等于

be equal to
4. verb [等待] wait

等车

wait for a bus
5. conjunction [等到] when

等他来了，我们再讨论。

We'll talk about it when he comes.
6. particle [列举未尽的] etc.

他爱读诗歌、小说等等。

He likes to read poems, novels, etc.
7. particle [煞尾的] namely

我喜欢足球、篮球、排球等三项运动。

I enjoy three sports, namely football, basketball and volleyball.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

等 [děng]

1. measure word class; grade; rank

分为三等

classify into three grades
2. measure word kind; sort

这等事

this sort of thing

此等人

this kind of person
3. adjective equal

相等

be equal
4. verb wait; await

等车

wait for a train, bus, etc.

等上级批准

await approval by the higher authorities

请等一下。

Would you mind waiting a minute, please.
5. preposition when; till

等我做完再走。

Stay till I'm through.
6. particle used after a personal pronoun or a personal name to show plurality

我等

we

彼等

they

该犯等

the aforesaid criminals
7. particle and so on; and so forth; etc.

购置书籍、纸张、文具等

buy books, stationery and so on
8. particle indicating the end of an enumeration

长江、黄河、黑龙江、珠江等四大河流

the four large rivers—the Changjiang, the Huanghe, the Heilongjiang and the Zhujiang

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

等 [děng]

1. 形 (程度或数量等)相同

高下不等

大小相等

等温

等速
2. 名等级；级别

分成几等

同等

上等
3. 名称小量贵重物品和药材的衡器现在一般写作"戥"
4. 名种；类

居然有这等事

此等人不可交
5. 名 [文] 用在某些人称代词或指人的名词之后，表示复数

我等

公等
6. 助表示列举未尽(可以叠用)

英、法等西欧国家

比赛项目包括田径、游泳、球类等等
7. 助列举之后用来煞尾，后面常有前列各项的总计数

梅、尚、程、荀等四大名旦
8. 动等待；等候

我在家等你

等车
9. 动等到；到

等他吃完饭再说

等你长大了自然会明白

See more results for 等 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

我在那儿等啊，等啊，等了很久也没见你来。
普通话中的“了、着、的”等虚词和做后缀的“子、头”等字都念轻声。: In putonghua, particles like le, zhe, and de and suffixes like zi and tou are all in the neutral tone (or are all toneless).
我们等房结婚，如同等米下锅一般。: We are awaiting a house to get married, just like awaiting rice to cook.
我等了好一会儿，快等得不耐烦了。
等距离排列◇等距离对人，不搞亲疏远近
再等下去是白费时间。: It's waste of time to wait any longer.
猫头鹰捕食鼠、麻雀等小动物。: Owls prey (or feed) on mice, sparrows, and other small animals.
我差不多等了两个小时。: I waited for nearly two hours.
我们不要等问题成了堆才去解决。: We shouldn't wait until problems pile up before we try to solve them.; 647 more results

Character Decomposition

 [zhú]	+	寺 [sì]

Stroke Order

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