Word information
Simplified坐等
Traditional坐等
Pinyinzuò děng
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
坐等
zuò děng · to sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)
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等děng
class; rank; grade; equal to; same as
坐zuòsurname Zuo; to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座[zuo4]
等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
乘坐chéngzuòto take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
等到děngdàoto wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)