等[děng]

量

1. class; grade; rank

♦ 分为三~ classify into three grades

2. kind; sort

♦ 这~事 this sort of thing

♦ 此~人 this kind of person

形equal

♦ 相等

动wait; await

♦ ~车 wait for a train, bus, etc.

♦ ~上级批准 await approval by the higher authorities

♦ 请~一下。 Would you mind waiting a minute, please.

介when; till

♦ ~我做完再走。 Stay till I'm through.

助

1. 书 (used after a personal pronoun or a personal name to show plurality)

♦ 我~ we

♦ 彼~ they

♦ 该犯~ the aforesaid criminals

2. and so on; and so forth; etc.; 购置书籍、纸张、文具

~ buy books, stationery and so on

3. (indicating the end of an enumeration)

♦ 长江、黄河、黑龙江、珠江~四大河流 the four large rivers—the Changjiang, the Huanghe, the Heilongjiang and the Zhujiang