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優等，劣等 superior, inferior grade;
頭，中，下等 first, middle, low class;
同等 same class;
等而下之 from that (class) down;
何等 (excl.) how;
何等可恥，美妙 how despicable, pretty!
(2) People, group: 我等，彼等 (LL) we, they;
一干人等 (such) group of people, such people;
see Adj. 2↓.
等人 wait for s.o.;
等時候 wait for time;
等（我）一會兒 wait (for me) a moment;
等會兒 or 等等兒（再看）wait a while (and see);
等會兒給人瞧見 by and by s.o. may see you;
oft. 等著 be waiting;
等著瞧 wait and see;
等著要 waiting for (s.t.);
等不著 [deng3bu4zhao2], cannot wait;
等不及 [deng3bu4ji2], ditto;
see 等候，等待 [deng3hou4], [deng3dai4]↓.
相等 equal;
平等 equal, -ity, (in opportunity, law, status, treatment, etc.);
著作等身 one's works pile up as high as the writer himself, (of a writer) prolific, voluminous;
等量齊觀 to be regarded as equal (in value, merit).
(2) Such, in phrr.: 等等 and such like, and so forth, “etc.”;
南京，上海等處 Nanking, Shanghai and such places;
等因，等語 (end of quotation in official documents): 等因奉此 “whereas… therefore”--a phr., describing the conventional make-up of an official document;
等情，等由 (end of narration) for these reasons.
等錢用光了 when money is all spent.
2.等比級數 [deng3bi3ji2shu4], n., (geom.) geometric progression; n., 等比中項 [deng3bi3zhong1xiang4], n., geometric mean.
3.等差 [deng3cha1], n., gradations of difference: 愛有等差 (pr. [deng3ci1]) there are gradations of love (Mencius, against “universal love” without distinctions); 等差級數 [deng3cha1ji2shu4], arithmetic progression; 等差中項 arithmetic mean.
4.等傾線 [deng3qing1xian4], n., (geog.) isoclinic lines.
5.等待 [deng3dai4], (1) v.i. & t., wait: 等待好久 wait a long time; (2) conj., when: 等待太陽出來了 when the sun comes out.
6.等等 [deng2deng3], phr., and so forth, see Adj. 2↑.
7.等第 [deng3di4], n., grade in examination; sequence.
8.等高線 [deng3gao1xian4], n., (geog.) contour line in maps.
9.等號 [deng3hao4], n., sign of equality (“＝”).
10.等候 [deng3hou4], v.i. & t., to wait, to wait for (person, event).
11.等角線 [deng2jiao3xian4], n., (geom.) equiangular lines.
12.等級 [deng3ji2], n., grade, gradation.
13.等距離 [deng3jU4li4], adj., equidistant.
14.等力線 [deng3li4xian4], n., (phys.) isodynamic lines.
15.等閒 [deng3xian2], adv., (1) (MC) by-and-by, in case: 等閒飛上別花枝 by-and-by it may fly up to another branch; (2) 等閒視之 regard it idly as of no importance.
16.等式 [deng3shi1], n., (math.) equality, equation.
17.等時性 [deng3shi2xing4], n., isochromism.
18.等速運動 [deng3su4yUn4dong4], n., uniform motion; 等速度 equal velocity.
19.等次 [deng3ci4], n., sequence.
20.等子 [deng3zi0], n., small scales for medicine (＝戥子).
21.等溫線 [deng3wen2xian4], n., isotherm.
22.等壓線 [deng3ya1xian4], n., (geog.) isobars.
23.等韻 [deng3yUn4], n., science of classification of vowels or vowel groups according to qualities (back, front, with rounded lips, etc.), used in MC dictionaries.