等到
děng dàoㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄠˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẲNG ĐÁO
Traditional: 等到
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 2
Meaning(verb)
to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
Examples
等到下班,天已经黑了。
děng dào xià bān, tiān yǐ jīng hēi le.
By the time I got off work, it was already dark.
等到你毕业,我们一起去旅行。
děng dào nǐ bì yè, wǒ men yì qǐ qù lǚ xíng.
When you graduate, we'll go travelling together.
我等了一个小时,终于等到了公交车。
wǒ děng le yí gè xiǎo shí, zhōng yú děng dào le gōng jiāo chē.
I waited an hour and finally the bus came.
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Stroke order
ĐẲNG · 12 strokes
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
ĐÁO · 8 strokes
to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thor
Related words
- 等 děng — 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
- 等待 děng dài — to wait; to wait for
- 等于 děng yú — to equal; to be tantamount to
- 平等 píng děng — equal; equality
- 等候 děng hòu — to wait; to wait for
- 等级 děng jí — grade; rank; status
- 相等 xiāng děng — equal; equally; equivalent