Chinese dictionary
- 1
conj.wait for; await; when; till; by the time when
别着急,我等你。
Don't worry, I am waiting for you.
他在等朋友。
He is waiting for friends.
请等一下。
Would you mind waiting a minute, please.
- 2
v.equal; same in degree or in quantity
这两根笔长短不等。
The two pens are unequal in length.
相等
equal
等于
equal
- 3
n.class; grade; rank
这次比赛奖品共分为三等。
The prizes in this competition are divided into three classes.
我获得数学竞赛一等奖,心里感到很荣幸。
I feel honoured to have won the first prize in the maths contest.
这次比赛的三等奖是什么?
What was the third prize in the competition?
synonym
- 4
n.kind; sort; type
这等事
this sort of thing
此等人
this kind of person
- 5
auxiliary wordfml(used after a personal pronoun or a personal name to indicate plurality); (may be used in reiterative locution) and so on
彼等
they
你等
you
- 6
auxiliary wordfml(indicating the end of an enumeration); particle used to round off a list; and so on; and so forth; etc.
孩子们在幼儿园里学习唱歌、跳舞、画图画等。
The children learn singing, dancing, drawing, and the like in the kindergarten.
- 7
prep.till; by the time when
等雨停了再走。
Stay till the rain stops.
等他来了我就告诉他。
I'll tell him when he comes.
我等工作结束了再睡。
I'll finish working and then sleep.
Words and phrases with 等
- 等离子体[word]plasma
- 等子[word]small steelyard
- 等级观念[word]obsession of hierarchy
- 等于零[word]amount to nothing
- 等差[word]equal difference; place in a series
- 等外[word]substandard
- 等于[word]be equal/equivalent to; amount to
- 等着瞧[word]wait and see
- 等离子[word]plasma
- 等而下之[idiom]from that grade/level down
- 等因奉此[idiom]in view of the above-mentioned instructions, we therefore...; officialese
- 等闲视之[idiom]regard as unimportant
- 等闲之辈[idiom]ordinary folk
- 等价交换[idiom]equal/equivalent exchange
- 等量齐观[idiom]equate with