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等
下
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Jyutping
dang2 haa5
Pinyin
děng xià
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
wait a moment [written and colloquial]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
由于错过了火车,我不得不等下一班等一小时。
由於錯過了火車,我不得不等下一班等一小時。
yóu yú cuò guò le huǒ chē , wǒ bù dé bù děng xià yī bān děng yī xiǎo shí 。
As I missed the train, I had to wait for the next one for about an hour.
Having missed the train, I had to wait about an hour for the next one.
Mandarin
这班公车客满了。你必须等下一班。
這班公車客滿了。你必須等下一班。
zhè bān gōng chē kè mǎn le 。 nǐ bì xū děng xià yī bān 。
The bus is full. You'll have to wait for the next one.
Mandarin
你最好等下一班公车。
你最好等下一班公車。
nǐ zuì hǎo děng xià yī bān gōng chē 。
You'd better wait for the next bus.
Mandarin
你得等下一班公车。
你得等下一班公車。
nǐ dé děng xià yī bān gōng chē 。
You must wait for the next bus.
You have to wait for the next bus.
Mandarin
我不会一直等下去的。
我不會一直等下去的。
wǒ bù huì yī zhí děng xià qù de 。
I'm not going to wait for ever.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
Cantonese
呢个问题等下次开会先倾。
呢個問題等下次開會先傾。
nei4 go3 man6 tai4 dang2 haa6 ci3 hoi1 wui2 sin1 king1 。
The matter will be brought up at the next meeting.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
等下
等下
děng xià
wait a moment
Mandarin
我们等下他们吧,怎么样?
我們等下他們吧,怎麼樣?
wǒ men děng xià tā men ba , zěn me yàng ?
Shall we wait for them?