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等等

děng děng · deng deng

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Meaning

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  1. et cetera
  2. and so on ...
  3. wait a minute!
  4. hold on!
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  1. Qiqi

    大家(dàjiā)站好(zhànhǎo)，我(wǒ)要(yào)拍照(pāizhào)了(le)！

    Everyone, line up. I am going to take a photo!

  2. Dengdeng

    等等(děngděng)！亮亮(liàngliàng)还(hái)没(méi)来(lái)。

    Wait! Liangliang is not here yet.

  3. Liangliang

    来了(láile)来了(láile)！等等(děngděng)我(wǒ)！

    Coming, coming! Wait for me!

  4. Qiqi

    好(hǎo)，一(yī)，二(èr)，三(sān)！

    Okay, one, two, three!

  5. Dengdeng

    等等(děngděng)，我(wǒ)刚才(gāngcái)眨眼(zhǎyǎn)了(le)。

    Wait, I blinked just now.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)你(nǐ)不(bù)等(děng)等(děng)我(wǒ)就(jiù)开(kāi)始(shǐ)了(le)？

Why did you begin without me?

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CarpeLanam · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)问(wèn)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)年(nián)龄(líng)、姓(xìng)名(míng)、地(dì)址(zhǐ)等(děng)等(děng)。

He asked me my age, my name, my address, and so forth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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