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等待

děng dài · deng dai

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HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to wait; to wait for
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Waiting for sunrise

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)在(zài)这里(zhèlǐ)等待(děngdài)日出(rìchū)。

    We are waiting for the sunrise here.

  2. Dengdeng

    还(hái)要(yào)等待(děngdài)多久(duōjiǔ)？

    How much longer do we have to wait?

  3. Liangliang

    再(zài)等待(děngdài)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    Another ten minutes.

  4. Dengdeng

    云(yún)太(tài)厚(hòu)了(le)，太阳(tàiyang)出不来(chūbùlái)。

    The clouds are too thick. The sun cannot come out.

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)等待(děngdài)了(le)一(yī)个(gè)小时(xiǎoshí)，只(zhǐ)拍(pāi)到(dào)云(yún)。

    We waited an hour and only got photos of clouds.

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)屏(bǐng)住(zhù)了(le)呼(hū)吸(xī)等(děng)待(dài)着(zhe)。

I held my breath and waited.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sunnywqing · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

本(běn)月(yuè)结(jié)束(shù)之(zhī)前(qián)请(qǐng)等(děng)待(dài)。

Please wait until the end of this month.

Tatoeba: Chinese by ydcok · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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等
děng

to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till

待
dài

to wait; to treat

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