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等 — to wait for; to await; by the time

to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till

Pinyin
děng
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 等: 12 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

等 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 等 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; tillHSK 2
  2. 等到děngdàoto wait until; by the time whenHSK 4
  3. 等待děngdàito wait; to wait forHSK 5
  4. 等候děnghòuto wait; to wait forHSK 5
  5. 等于děngyúto equal; to be tantamount toHSK 5
  6. 初等chūděngelementaryHSK 6
  7. 等级děngjígrade; rank; statusHSK 6
  8. 高等gāoděnghigh-level; higher; advancedHSK 6
  9. 平等píngděngequal; equalityHSK 6
  10. 相等xiāngděngequal; equally; equivalentHSK 6
  11. 中等zhōngděngmediumHSK 6
  12. 何等héděngwhat kind?; how, what; somewhatHSK 7–9
  13. 同等tóngděngequal to; having the same social class or statusHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.