| | 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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| | to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready etc) | HSK 2 |
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| | to wait; to wait for | HSK 3 |
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| | to wait / to wait for | HSK 5 |
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| | must / to have to / to wait | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines / to look around; to survey | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait a moment | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve / to wait upon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve; to wait upon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) | |
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| | (literary) to wait for | |
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| | et cetera / and so on ... / wait a minute! / hold on! | |
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| | to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby | |
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| | in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for | |
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| | to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute | |
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| | to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days | |
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| | to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy | |
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| | to wait for employment; to be unemployed | |
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| | Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
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| | to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs | |
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| | to wait for a train or bus | |
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| | to quietly wait | |
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| | to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written 伏侍, see also 服事 | |
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| | to wait a moment / do not go too soon | |
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| | (of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance / to wait in the wings | |
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| | (idiom) time and tide wait for no man | |
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| | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | |
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| | to sit and wait / (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc) | |
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| | waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment | |
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| | waiting anxiously / impatient | |
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| | unable to wait | |
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| | stage wait / (fig.) awkward silence | |
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| | to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting | |
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| | lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see | |
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| | many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do | |
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| | to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant | |
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| | to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job | |
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| | to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom) | |
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| | to wait for a long time | |
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| | to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity) | |
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| | to look forward to sth / to wait respectfully | |
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| | to stand for a long time / to wait / to look forward to / to accumulate | |
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| | (idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer | |
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| | footpath / wait for | |
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| | to deal with / to wait on / to provide for | |
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| | to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment) | |
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| | to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run | |
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| | to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school) | |
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| | to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence | |
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| | (old) native of Jiangxi 江西 / to wait / servant / path | |
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| | lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle | |
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| | to wait for the opportunity | |
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| | can't wait | |
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| | many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do | |
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| | to wait for / to lay in | |
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| | to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels | |
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| | to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction | |
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| | to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) | |
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| | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action | |
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| | line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue | |
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| | to wait one's turn | |
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| | lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there! | |
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| | Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what | |
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| | wait a moment | |
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| | to wait until / until | |
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| | wait a minute / stop a while | |
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| | wait and see (who is right) | |
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| | to lie in wait / to ambush / to conceal sth | |
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| | to wait patiently / heron | |
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| | the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for | |
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| | waiting room (for train, bus etc) | |
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| | waiting time / (computing) latency | |
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| | to wait a moment | |
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| | to wait (literary) | |
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| | to wait in vain; to sit around waiting | |
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| | to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting) | |
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| | waiting for a vacancy | |
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| | wait and see (who is right) | |
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| | zero wait state (computing) | |
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| | to wait for a train or bus | |
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| | waiting list | |
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| | waiting room (at clinic, hospital) | |
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| | to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer | |
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| | Time and tide wait for no man (idiom) | |
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| | to wait for the opportune moment before taking action (idiom) | |
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| | waiting anxiously (idiom) | |
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| | to do as one sees fit / It's up to you. / Let's wait and see and then decide what to do. | |
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| | lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom) / to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge | |
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| | to wait a moment / later / in awhile | |
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| | Wait a moment! / after a while | |
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| | to wait on / to attend / to serve | |
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| | waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3] | |
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| | to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc | |
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| | to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment | |
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| | to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom) | |
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