等 到

děngdào

prepositionHSK 2

“To wait until” in Chinese is 等到 (děngdào).

Meaning

to wait until
by the time when (sth is ready etc)

Example

等到他回来吧。

Let's wait till he comes back.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

děngHSK 112 strokesto wait for; to await dàoHSK 18 strokesto reach; to arrive

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