等到

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
trad. (等到)		等	到
simp. #(等到)		等	到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): děngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² dou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tán-kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: děngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děngdào
    • Wade–Giles: têng³-tao⁴
    • Yale: děng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengdaw
    • Palladius: дэндао (dɛndao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² dou³
    • Yale: dáng dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ tou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: tán-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafnkaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

Verb

等到

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 等 (děng),‎ 到 (dào).

Preposition

等到

1. by the time when; until

   等到時機成熟我們將作出公正決定。 [MSC, trad.]
   等到时机成熟我们将作出公正决定。 [MSC, simp.]

   Děngdào shíjī chéngshú wǒmen jiāng zuòchū gōngzhèng juédìng. [Pinyin]

   We will make a fair decision when the time is right.