等到

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
trad. (等到)		等	到
simp. ^#(等到)		等	到

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): děngdào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² dou³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tán-kàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: děngdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: děngdào
  - Wade–Giles: têng³-tao⁴
  - Yale: děng-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengdaw
  - Palladius: дэндао (dɛndao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang² dou³
  - Yale: dáng dou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang² dou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: deng² dou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ tou̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: tán-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dafnkaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

Verb

等到

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 等 (děng),‎ 到 (dào).

Preposition

等到

by the time when; until
等到時機成熟我們將作出公正決定。 [MSC, trad.]
等到时机成熟我们将作出公正决定。 [MSC, simp.]
Děngdào shíjī chéngshú wǒmen jiāng zuòchū gōngzhèng juédìng. [Pinyin]
We will make a fair decision when the time is right.