等
to wait for; to await · by the time; when; till
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Character Decomposition
等=⺮+寺
Etymology
Bamboo strips ⺮ laid before a court 寺
Meanings
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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Words with 等 228 total
Idioms with 等 23 total
going from there to lower grades (idiom)等而下之děng ér xià zhī(in the negative) (not) to be trifled with等闲之辈děng xián zhī bèiofficialese · official routine · (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore...等因奉此děng yīn fèng cǐa cut above others · superior高人一等gāo rén yī děnga cut above · top quality加人一等jiā rén yī děng