等
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)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #556 U+7B49
How 等 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Bamboo strips ⺮ laid before a court 寺
How to remember it
etc. · Heisig RSH #789
竹 bamboo + 寺 Buddhist temple
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 等
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高人一等 | gāo rén yī děng | a cut above others; superior |
| 等一会儿 | děng yī huì r | erhua variant of 等一會|等一会[deng3 yi1 hui4] |
| 等一下儿 | děng yī xià r | erhua variant of 等一下[deng3 yi1 xia4] |
| 加人一等 | jiā rén yī děng | a cut above; top quality |
| 一等一 | yī děng yī | (coll.) top-notch; first-rate; outstanding |
| 天等县 | Tiān děng Xiàn | Tiandeng, a county in Chongzuo City 崇左市[Chong2 zuo3 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 平等主义 | píng děng zhǔ yì | egalitarianism |
| 等一会 | děng yī huì | Wait a moment!; after a while |
| 不平等 | bù píng děng | inequality; unfairness |
| 三等分角 | sān děng fēn jiǎo | (math.) to trisect an angle |
| 等一下 | děng yī xià | to wait a moment; later; in awhile |
| 高等代数 | gāo děng dài shù | higher algebra |
| 二等公民 | èr děng gōng mín | second-class citizen |
| 民族平等 | mín zú píng děng | equality of ethnic groups |
| 不等边三角形 | bù děng biān sān jiǎo xíng | scalene triangle |
| 三等分 | sān děng fēn | to trisect |
| 等而下之 | děng ér xià zhī | going from there to lower grades (idiom) |
| 等化器 | děng huà qì | equalizer (electronics, audio) (HK, Tw) |
| 等高线 | děng gāo xiàn | contour line |
| 高等法院 | gāo děng fǎ yuàn | High Court |