等
Meanings · dang2
- 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
- to let
- to allow
Meanings · dei6
- an alternative version of哋 as an adjunct to a pronoun or noun to indicate plurality
Meanings · ting2
- sort
- kind
- type
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 等 děng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto 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)
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: deng3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 18 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dang2
Cantonese word readings for 等. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arrange bamboo slips neatly
- rank; grade; class
- sort; kind; type
- (Chinese phonetics) one of the "divisions" of a rime table, encoding some phonological distinction; see Middle Chinese finals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (in compounds or after a number/degree) equal; equivalent
- and the like; and so on; etc.; et al.
- Particle indicating the ending of enumeration.
- (literary or Hakka) Plural particle used after personal pronouns or nouns.
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- to wait (for)
- when (something happens at a point in time in the future)
- (Cantonese) to be in need of
- (Cantonese, Xiang) to let; to allow; to permit
- (Cantonese) to let (used to give notice to something in the future)
- (Cantonese) to cause; to make
- (Cantonese) Introduces a clause that expresses negative surprise.
- (Gan) by
- (Hakka) Progressive particle, used after verbs to indicate the continuation of an action or a state.
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