等一下

děngyīxià
  1. to wait a moment
  2. later
  3. in awhile

CEDICT

  1. later
  2. to wait a moment

Wiktionary

等候片刻。

重編國語辭典

  1. 之後
  2. 等候片刻

維基詞典

Examples

等一下再粘。

Stick it on later.

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你能等一下嗎？

Can you hold on a second?

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等一下。我去叫吉米。

Hang on a minute. I'll call Jimmy.

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等一下，我得去趟洗手間。

Hang on, I need to go to the bathroom.

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等一下再打电话给你，可以吗？

Let me call you back later, OK?

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Entry Composition

1 等 děng
  1. to wait for; to await
  2. by the time; when; till
  3. and so on; etc.; et al.
  4. (bound form) class; rank; grade
  5. (bound form) equal to; same as
  6. (used to end an enumeration)
  7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
2 一下 yīxià
  1. (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)
  2. all at once; suddenly

Containing this entry

等一下兒 děngyīxiàr erhua variant of 等一下 děngyīxià
請等一下 qǐngděngyīxià

Related entries

且慢 qiěmàn
  1. to wait a moment
  2. do not go too soon
稍候 shāohòu to wait a moment
稍等 shāoděng to wait a moment
请稍等一下。

Please wait a bit.

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繼後 jìhòu
  1. later
  2. afterwards
過一會兒 guòyīhuìr
  1. later
  2. after a while
以後 yǐhòu
  1. after
  2. later
  3. afterwards
  4. following
  5. later on
  6. in the future
以后再讲。

Talk to you later.

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其後 qíhòu
  1. next
  2. later
  3. after that
待會兒 dāihuìr
  1. in a moment
  2. later
  3. also pr. dāihuǐr or dāihuir
既而 jìér
  1. soon after
  2. later
  3. then
後頭 hòutou
  1. behind
  2. the back
  3. the rear
  4. later
  5. afterwards
  6. (in) the future
下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
吞下吧！

Swallow!

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後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
洗后弄平。

After washing, de-wrinkle it.

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