等 děng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
等到
děngdào
to wait until
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 等到你来再说。 Děng dào nǐ lái zài shuō. Wait until you come, then talk.
- 等到天亮吧。 Děng dào tiān liàng ba. Let us wait until daybreak.
- 等到下课回家。 Děng dào xià kè huí jiā. Wait until class ends, then go home.