| 等 | 1357A10 92A.00-1 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄉㄥˇ [deng3] . [Abbr.  ] | ||
| N. | (1) Class, grade: 甲等，乙等 “A” grade, “B” grade; 優等，劣等 superior, inferior grade; 頭，中，下等 first, middle, low class; 同等 same class; 等而下之 from that (class) down; 何等 (excl.) how; 何等可恥，美妙 how despicable, pretty! (2) People, group: 我等，彼等 (LL) we, they; 一干人等 (such) group of people, such people; see Adj. 2↓. | |||||
| V.t. & t. | Wait, await: 等機會 wait for opportunity; 等人 wait for s.o.; 等時候 wait for time; 等（我）一會兒 wait (for me) a moment; 等會兒 or 等等兒（再看）wait a while (and see); 等會兒給人瞧見 by and by s.o. may see you; oft. 等著 be waiting; 等著瞧 wait and see; 等著要 waiting for (s.t.); 等不著 [deng3bu4zhao2], cannot wait; 等不及 [deng3bu4ji2], ditto; see 等候，等待 [deng3hou4], [deng3dai4]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Equal to (等於): 等於白說 might as well not have said it at all; 相等 equal; 平等 equal, -ity, (in opportunity, law, status, treatment, etc.); 著作等身 one's works pile up as high as the writer himself, (of a writer) prolific, voluminous; 等量齊觀 to be regarded as equal (in value, merit). (2) Such, in phrr.: 等等 and such like, and so forth, “etc.”; 南京，上海等處 Nanking, Shanghai and such places; 等因，等語 (end of quotation in official documents): 等因奉此 “whereas… therefore”--a phr., describing the conventional make-up of an official document; 等情，等由 (end of narration) for these reasons. | |||||
| Conj. | When, till: 等他來了告訴他 I'll tell him when he comes; 等錢用光了 when money is all spent. | |||||
| Words | 1. 等邊 [deng3bian1], adj., (geom.) equilateral: 等邊三角形 an equilateral triangle. 2. 等比級數 [deng3bi3ji2shu4], n., (geom.) geometric progression; n., 等比中項 [deng3bi3zhong1xiang4], n., geometric mean. 3. 等差 [deng3cha1], n., gradations of difference: 愛有等差 (pr. [deng3ci1]) there are gradations of love (Mencius, against “universal love” without distinctions); 等差級數 [deng3cha1ji2shu4], arithmetic progression; 等差中項 arithmetic mean. 4. 等傾線 [deng3qing1xian4], n., (geog.) isoclinic lines. 5. 等待 [deng3dai4], (1) v.i. & t., wait: 等待好久 wait a long time; (2) conj., when: 等待太陽出來了 when the sun comes out. 6. 等等 [deng2deng3], phr., and so forth, see Adj. 2↑. 7. 等第 [deng3di4], n., grade in examination; sequence. 8. 等高線 [deng3gao1xian4], n., (geog.) contour line in maps. 9. 等號 [deng3hao4], n., sign of equality (“＝”). 10. 等候 [deng3hou4], v.i. & t., to wait, to wait for (person, event). 11. 等角線 [deng2jiao3xian4], n., (geom.) equiangular lines. 12. 等級 [deng3ji2], n., grade, gradation. 13. 等距離 [deng3jU4li4], adj., equidistant. 14. 等力線 [deng3li4xian4], n., (phys.) isodynamic lines. 15. 等閒 [deng3xian2], adv., (1) (MC) by-and-by, in case: 等閒飛上別花枝 by-and-by it may fly up to another branch; (2) 等閒視之 regard it idly as of no importance. 16. 等式 [deng3shi1], n., (math.) equality, equation. 17. 等時性 [deng3shi2xing4], n., isochromism. 18. 等速運動 [deng3su4yUn4dong4], n., uniform motion; 等速度 equal velocity. 19. 等次 [deng3ci4], n., sequence. 20. 等子 [deng3zi0], n., small scales for medicine (＝戥子). 21. 等溫線 [deng3wen2xian4], n., isotherm. 22. 等壓線 [deng3ya1xian4], n., (geog.) isobars. 23. 等韻 [deng3yUn4], n., science of classification of vowels or vowel groups according to qualities (back, front, with rounded lips, etc.), used in MC dictionaries. | |||||