等一下

Chinese edit

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	one time; once; a while one time; once; a while; a moment
trad. (等一下)		等	一下
simp. ^#(等一下)		等	一下

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): děng yīxià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² jat¹ haa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tén-yit-ha
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tán--chi̍t-ē / tán--chi̍t-ě / tán--chē / tán--chě

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: děng yīxià [Phonetic: děng yíxià]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: děng yisià
  - Wade–Giles: têng³ i¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: děng yī-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deeng ishiah
  - Palladius: дэн ися (dɛn isja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang² jat¹ haa⁵
  - Yale: dáng yāt háh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang² jat⁷ haa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: deng² yed¹ ha⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ haː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-yit-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: den` id` ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: den³ yid⁵ ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ten³¹ it̚² ha⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-yit-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: den` (r)id` ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: den³ yid⁵ ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ten³¹ (j)it̚² ha⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán--chi̍t-ē
  - Tâi-lô: tán--tsi̍t-ē
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán--chi̍t-ě
  - Tâi-lô: tán--tsi̍t-ě
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán--chē
  - Tâi-lô: tán--tsē
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán--chě
  - Tâi-lô: tán--tsě

Verb edit

等一下

to wait a moment
等一下！你等我創了。 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]
等一下！你等我创了。 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]
Tán--chě! Lí tán góa chhòng liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Wait a moment! Wait for me to finish doing it.
- 等一下呢擱等一下呢　為何你放阮孤一個 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  等一下呢搁等一下呢　为何你放阮孤一个 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 妞妞姐妹, 等一下呢
  tán--chi̍t-ē ne koh tán--chi̍t-ē ne, ūi-hô lí pàng gún ko͘ chi̍t-ê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Wait a moment! Wait another moment! Why are you leaving me alone?

Synonyms edit

(Cantonese) 等陣／等阵, 等一陣／等一阵
(Hokkien) 等咧

Adverb edit

等一下

later