等陣 (dang2 zan6 | ) : wait a while/moment ; soon, in a moment

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等陣

dang2 zan6

[1] wait a while/moment. Also used as 等一陣 (dang2 jat1 zan6), 等一吓 (dang2 jat1 haa5), 等吓 (dang2 haa5), or 等等 (dang2dang2). Mandarin: 等下/等一等.[2]soon in a moment. also used as 等陣間

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 931

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

等陣

This word has been viewed 3608 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by beLIEve on 9th Aug 2004 19:58 and last edited on 26th Oct 2009 10:49

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等 dang2 ting3 ting2 dei6 - wait; allow; rank; equal; etc.; plur.; type
陣 zan6 - battle formation; period of time

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我想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I want to go to the bank in a moment to cash a cheque.

佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone.
[頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]

我等陣想去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I'll want to go to the bank to cash a cheque for someone soon.
[Shouldn't be parsed as 我等陣(我哋) but as 我等陣]

我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

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