等吓 (dang2 haa5 | ) : wait a while/moment

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等吓

dang2 haa5

wait a while/moment. Also used as 等一吓 (dang2 jat1 haa5). Also referred to as 等一陣 (dang2 jat1 zan6), 等陣 (dang2 zan6), or 等等 (dang2dang2). Mandarin: 等下/等一等.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,260

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

等吓

This word has been viewed 1713 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by beLIEve on 9th Aug 2004 20:06 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
吓 haa2 haa5 haa1 - (question tag)

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

等下 dang2 haa5 deng3 xia4 = contraction of '等一下' - wait a moment

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