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Jyutping dang2 doi6
Pinyin děng dài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to wait; to wait for
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    喺​一​個​地方​停留​、​停止​做​某件事​,​處​喺​準​備​狀​態​,​直至​另​一件​事發生
    to wait; to await
    • 等待時機
      等待时机
      dang2 doi6 si4 gei1
      to await a favourable opportunity
    • 我喺度等待我嘅真命天子!
      我喺度等待我嘅真命天子!
      ngo5 hai2 dou6 dang2 doi6 ngo5 ge3 zan1 ming6 tin1 zi2!
      I'm waiting for Mr Right!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to wait; to await
    (syn.) 聽候, 佇候, 等, 守候, 留住, 听候, 候等, 伫候, 伺候, 等候
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #146
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    10年是一段漫长的等待时间。
    10年是一段漫長的等待時間。
    10 nián shì yī duàn màn cháng de děng dài shí jiān 。
    • Ten years is a long time to wait.
  2. Mandarin
    很可能等待着我们的幸福根本不是我们要的那种幸福。
    很可能等待着我們的幸福根本不是我們要的那種幸福。
    hěn kě néng děng dài zhe wǒ men de xìng fú gēn běn bú shi wǒ men yào de nà zhǒng xìng fú 。
    • It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
  3. Mandarin
    这次大选创造了多项第一,也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女:安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别,除了一点:她已是106岁的高龄。
    這次大選創造了多項第一,也誕生了很多將世代流傳的故事。但是今天晚上令我難忘的卻是在亞特蘭大投票的一名婦女:安-尼克松-庫波爾。她和其他數百萬排隊等待投票的選民沒有什麼差別,除了一點:她已是106歲的高齡。
    zhè cì dà xuǎn chuàng zào le duō xiàng dì yī , yě dàn shēng le hěn duō jiāng shì dài liú chuán de gù shì 。 dàn shì jīn tiān wǎn shang lìng wǒ nán wàng de què shì zài yà tè lán dà tóu piào de yī míng fù nǚ : ān - ní kè sōng - kù bō ěr 。 tā hé qí tā shù bǎi wàn pái duì děng dài tóu piào de xuǎn mín méi yǒu shén me chā bié , chú le yī diǎn : tā yǐ shì 106 suì de gāo líng 。
    • This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
  4. Mandarin
    只好坐下来等待。
    只好坐下來等待。
    zhǐ hǎo zuò xia lái děng dài 。
    • There was no choice but to sit and wait.
  5. Mandarin
    那只狗日复一日地等待著主人的归来。
    那隻狗日復一日地等待著主人的歸來。
    nà zhǐ gǒu rì fù yī rì dì děng dài zhù zhǔ rén de guī lái 。
    • The dog waited day after day for its master's return.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    平民百姓同社会上流人士喺制度之下享受同等待遇,先至唔会造成严重嘅社会阶级问题。
    平民百姓同社會上流人士喺制度之下享受同等待遇,先至唔會造成嚴重嘅社會階級問題。
    • X
  2. Cantonese
    等待时机
    等待時機
    dang2 doi6 si4 gei1
    • to await a favourable opportunity
  3. Cantonese
    我喺度等待我嘅真命天子!
    我喺度等待我嘅真命天子!
    ngo5 hai2 dou6 dang2 doi6 ngo5 ge3 zan1 ming6 tin1 zi2!
    • I'm waiting for Mr Right!
  4. Cantonese
    客队压哨入球之后,全场球迷都屏息静气等待裁判结果。
    客隊壓哨入球之後,全場球迷都屏息靜氣等待裁判結果。
    • X
  5. Cantonese
    无止境嘅等待
    無止境嘅等待
    mou4 zi2 ging2 ge3 dang2 doi6
    • an endless wait; waiting forever
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    请等待。
    請等待。
    qǐng děng dài .
    • Please wait.
  2. Mandarin
    长桌前,职工们排着队,将一张张大红福贴轻轻拿起,等待笔墨迹干的同时,拿起手机和“福”字来一张自拍。
    長桌前,職工們排着隊,將一張張大紅福貼輕輕拿起,等待筆墨跡乾的同時,拿起手機和“福”字來一張自拍。
    cháng zhuō qián , zhí gōng men pái zhe duì , jiāng yī zhāng zhāng dà hóng fú tiē qīng qīng ná qǐ , děng dài bǐ mò jì qián de tóng shí , ná qǐ shǒu jī hé “ fú ” zì lái yī zhāng zì pāi .
    • In front of the long table, the staff lined up, gently lifting up big red sheets of fu one by one. While waiting for the ink to dry, they took their phones to take a selfie with the character fu.
  3. Mandarin
    在苹果专卖店前排队等待的绝大部分顾客都是亚洲面孔,相比于往年热切期盼新机的年轻果粉,这次在镜头中出现了不少大叔大妈。
    在蘋果專賣店前排隊等待的絕大部分顧客都是亞洲面孔,相比於往年熱切期盼新機的年輕果粉,這次在鏡頭中出現了不少大叔大媽。
    zài píng guǒ zhuān mài diàn qián pái duì děng dài de jué dà bù fèn gù kè dōu shì yà zhōu miàn kǒng , xiàng bǐ yú wǎng nián rè qiè qī pàn xīn jī de nián qīng guǒ fěn , zhè cì zài jìng tóu zhōng chū xiàn le bù shǎo dà shū dà mā .
    • Most of the customers queuing in front of the Apple store are of Asian appearance. In contrast to the young Apple fans who lined up expecting the new phone in the past years, this time the camera captures many uncles and aunties (in the queue).
  4. Mandarin
    深知欲达到胜利,“必须唤起民众,及联合世界上以平等待我之民族,共同奋斗”。
    深知欲達到勝利,“必須喚起民眾,及聯合世界上以平等待我之民族,共同奮鬥”。
    shēn zhī yù dá dào shèng lì , “ bì xū huàn qǐ mín zhòng , jí lián hé shì jiè shàng yǐ píng děng dài wǒ zhī mín zú , gòng tóng fèn dòu ” .
    • We are deeply convinced that to win victory, "we must arouse the masses of the people and unite in a common struggle with those nations of the world which treat us as equals".