IDENTITY
等děngto wait; rank; and so on
HSK 1Top 180
CORE MEANING
to wait; rank; and so on
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to waitHSK1
- 2.and so onHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- ⺮bamboo radical (zhú)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱竹寺
- bamboo slips (old books)
- gives the sound děng (historical)
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
等一等děng yì děngto wait a moment
平等píngděngequal
Graded examples
我在门口等你。Wǒ zài ménkǒu děng nǐ.HSK2
I will wait for you at the door.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
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POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Bamboo slips (⺮) sorted in the temple (寺) — putting in rank order; then waiting.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #180
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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