等待

Character by character

• 等děng12 strokesHSK 1rank, grade; to wait; equal, “and so forth”
• 待dài9 strokesHSK 3treat, entertain, receive; wait

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Example sentences

• 不要等待！

  Bù yào děng dài

  Don't wait.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 等待. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 等děngHSK 1

  class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once

• 待dàiHSK 5

  to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to

• 期待qī dàiHSK 4

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 对待duì dàiHSK 3

  to treat; treatment

• 等于děng yúHSK 2

  to equal; to be tantamount to

• 等到děng dàoHSK 2

  to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)

• 待遇dài yùHSK 4

  treatment; pay; salary; status; rank

• 平等píng děngHSK 2

  equal; equality

• 等级děng jíHSK 5

  grade; rank; status

• 接待jiē dàiHSK 3

  to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter)

• 看待kàn dàiHSK 5

  to look upon; to regard

• 等候děng hòuHSK 5

  to wait; to wait for

• 虐待nüè dàiHSK 7

  to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment

• 招待zhāo dàiHSK 7

  to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)

• 中等zhōng děngHSK 6

  medium

• 迫不及待pò bù jí dàiHSK 7

  impatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it

• 高等gāo děngHSK 6

  high-level; higher (animals, education etc); advanced (math etc)

• 有待yǒu dàiHSK 7

  not yet (done); pending

• 同等tóng děngHSK 7

  equal to; having the same social class or status

• 招待会zhāo dài huìHSK 7

  a reception

• 待会儿dāi huì rHSK 6

  in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r]

• 款待kuǎn dài

  to entertain; to be hospitable to

• 相等xiāng děngHSK 5

  equal; equally; equivalent

• 亏待kuī dài

  to treat sb unfairly