等
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to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
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etc. · Heisig RSH #789
竹 bamboo + 寺 Buddhist temple
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 等
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高人一等 | a cut above others; superior | |
| 等一会儿 | erhua variant of 等一會|等一会[deng3 yi1 hui4] | |
| 等一下儿 | erhua variant of 等一下[deng3 yi1 xia4] | |
| 加人一等 | a cut above; top quality | |
| 一等一 | (coll.) top-notch; first-rate; outstanding | |
| 天等县 | Tiandeng, a county in Chongzuo City 崇左市[Chong2 zuo3 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 平等主义 | egalitarianism | |
| 等一会 | Wait a moment!; after a while | |
| 不平等 | inequality; unfairness | |
| 三等分角 | (math.) to trisect an angle | |
| 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 高等代数 | higher algebra | |
| 二等公民 | second-class citizen | |
| 民族平等 | equality of ethnic groups | |
| 不等边三角形 | scalene triangle | |
| 三等分 | to trisect | |
| 等而下之 | going from there to lower grades (idiom) | |
| 等化器 | equalizer (electronics, audio) (HK, Tw) | |
| 等高线 | contour line | |
| 高等法院 | High Court |