Chinese words starting with “deng”
17 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable deng. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
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- 1st tone 12
- 3rd tone 3
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 等待děng dàiHSK 3
to wait; to wait for
- 等于děng yúHSK 2
to equal; to be tantamount to
- 等到děng dàoHSK 2
to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
All 17 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 等 | děng | v,u | class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once | |
| 2 | 灯 | dēng | n | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 3 | 登记 | dēng jì | v,vn | to register (one's name) | |
| 4 | 登 | dēng | v | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 5 | 登陆 | dēng lù | v,vn | to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc); to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登录) | |
| 6 | 灯光 | dēng guāng | n | (stage) lighting; light | |
| 7 | 等级 | děng jí | n | grade; rank; status | |
| 8 | 等候 | děng hòu | v,vn | to wait; to wait for | |
| 9 | 登录 | dēng lù | v,vn | to register; to log in | |
| 10 | 瞪 | dèng | v | to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at | |
| 11 | 登机 | dēng jī | v,vn | to board a plane | |
| 12 | 灯泡 | dēng pào | n | light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) | |
| 13 | 登山 | dēng shān | vn,v | to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering | |
| 14 | 蹬 | dēng | v | to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng] | |
| 15 | 凳子 | dèng zi | n | stool; small seat | |
| 16 | 灯笼 | dēng lóng | n | lantern | |
| 17 | 登机牌 | dēng jī pái | n | boarding pass |
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