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  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
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  *男* | 男* | *男
(bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
HSK 1
equal / equality
HSK 2
to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready etc)
HSK 2
to wait; to wait for
HSK 3
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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
to equal / to be tantamount to
HSK 2
medium
HSK 6
equal / equally / equivalent
HSK 5
grade / rank / status
HSK 5
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
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  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
to wait / to wait for
HSK 5
mutual benefit / to share profits equitably
first prize
inequality / unfairness
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
HSK 6
vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员) / (Tw) vocational high school
what kind? / how, what / somewhat
highest quality / top-notch
contour line
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
to wait a moment / later / in awhile
specialized middle school
1st class cabin
lower animal / primitive life-form
secondary education / middle school education
first class / prime / main
equality between the sexes
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等)
inequality (math.)
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校)
credit level
equal; impartial; fair
vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校
inferior
can't wait
unequal / varied
a cut above / top quality
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
to wait for a long time
social rank; class; caste
second-class citizen
(geometry) congruent
we / us (archaic)
(math.) equals sign =
(literary) you (plural)
(archaic) you all
second-class; second-rate
equal to / having the same social class or status
HSK 7-9
social equality
poor-quality; inferior
to trisect
universities and colleges / abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校
identity (math.)
to sit and wait / (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)
equality of the sexes
(math.) equivalence relation
arithmetic series (such as 2+4+6+8+...)
equivalent megatonnage (EMT)
et cetera / and so on ... / wait a minute! / hold on!
second class cabin
credit rating
isosceles triangle
first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior
to wait a moment
further math / advanced mathematics (school subject, abbr. for 高等數學|高等数学)
grade A / first-class
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
third rank / third category / third grade / grade C
waiting time / (computing) latency
to equate / equal to
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  *伯* | 伯* | *伯
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位
geometric series (such as 1+2+4+8+...)
general middle school education
equal / equal in value / equivalent
equal status / equal treatment / parity (under the law) / equity / reciprocity
High Court
equality of ethnic groups
arithmetic progression
wait and see (who is right)
approximately equal to
doctrine of equivalents (patent law)
equal-value exchange
going from there to lower grades (idiom)
ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason
geometric progression
(literary) we / us
primary education / junior school education
higher algebra
to equate / to consider (two things) to be equivalent
identity ≡ (math., logic) / identical
hierarchy
magnitude of a star
Wait a moment! / after a while
idempotent (math.)
(coll.) top-notch; first-rate; outstanding

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