等於 (dang2 jyu1 | deng3 yu2) : to be equal to; equals

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等於

dang2 jyu1

deng3 yu2

to be equal to; equals

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,760,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

等於 / 等于

This word has been viewed 4072 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 26th Jul 2004 04:49 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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等 dang2 ting3 ting2 dei6 - wait; allow; rank; equal; etc.; plur.; type
於 jyu1 - in; at; on; with; from; by; than; concerning

2 compounds containing this word:

解釋等於掩飾 - one tries to find an excuse when explaining; talk bullshit
少少苦楚等於激勵 - a little bit of difficulty/hardship is just encouragement

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四十除八等於五
Forty divided by eight equals five.
[Lit. forty divide eight equals five. This is okay both for written and spoken Cantonese.]

點解一加一等於「王」？粵
why does one plus one equal '王'?
[This is a well known riddle, the character 王 being composed of two 一 characters at the top and bottom with a + in the middle!]

小小苦楚等於激勵。
Tiny misery will only be a motivation.

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *