HSK 1 · Seeing & hearing

等

děng

to wait

Stroke order of 等

等 is written with 12 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Waiting at the temple '寺' among the bamboo '⺮' for the monk to come out.

Parts: ⺮ bamboo + 寺 temple

Example sentence

请等一下。

Please wait a moment.

Words with 等

等到by the time; to wait until 等于to equal 平等equal; equality 等待to wait

More words: Seeing & hearing

看to look; to watch; to read 看见to see 看到to see 听to listen; to hear 听见to hear 听到to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 开to open; to drive 关to close; to turn off 关上to close; to turn off 打开to open; to turn on 帮to help 帮忙to help; to do a favor

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