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
等候
děnghòu
to wait for
Characters in this word
候 hòu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 矦 target in archery
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请在这等候。 Qǐng zài zhè děnghòu. Please wait here.
- 我等候老师。 Wǒ děnghòu lǎoshī. I wait for the teacher.
- 他等候朋友。 Tā děnghòu péngyou. He waits for a friend.