Ideographic: Bamboo strips ⺮ laid before a court 寺Radical:

meaning for 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
  • - onceet cetera
  • - and so on ...
  • - wait a minute!
  • - hold on!equal
  • - equalityto equal
  • - to be tantamount toto wait
  • - to wait forgrade
  • - rank
  • - status

zài
zhèr这儿
děng
yíxià一下

Wait here for a moment.


wǒmen我们
děng
le
yīgè一个
xiǎoshí小时

We waited for an hour.


děng
le
hěnjiǔ很久

He waited for a long time.


děng
le
bàntiān半天

I waited for him for half a day.


zài
lǐmiàn里面
děng

I'll wait for you inside.