Wait in Chinese (Mandarin): 等 (děng)
等
děng
wait
- Simplified
- 等
- Traditional
- 等
- Pinyin
- děng
- Typed as
- deng
Use it in a sentence
请等我一下。
請等我一下。
Please wait for me a moment.
The characters in 等
等
To wait. 竹 (bamboo) is on top.
12 strokes
Third tone. Wait a moment is 等一下 (děng yíxià). 等 also means "and so on" at the end of a list.
More examples with 等
等等我！
Děngdeng wǒ!
Wait for me!
我们在等公交车。
我們在等公交車。
Wǒmen zài děng gōngjiāochē.
We are waiting for the bus.
How to write 等 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
等 12 strokes
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