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稍等

shāoděng
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

请稍等，我马上回来。
Qǐng shāoděng, wǒ mǎshàng huílái.
Please wait a moment, I'll be right back.
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