稍等

shāoděng

verb

Meanings

1 to wait a moment
2 hold on
3 just a moment

Characters

slightly / a bit

Examples

HSK 1

请稍等，我马上回来。

Qǐng shāoděng, wǒ mǎshàng huílái.

Please wait a moment, I'll be right back.

HSK 2

稍等，我查一下。

Shāoděng, wǒ chá yīxià.

Hold on, let me check.

Tips

usage

稍等 literally 'wait a little'. The workhorse polite 'hold on' across service, phone, and office contexts - equivalent to English 'one sec'. Pairs with 请 (请稍等) for formal settings and 一下 (稍等一下) for slightly more casual tone.

Stroke Order

稍 shāo

等 děng