Equal in Chinese
to equal · HSK 5
等于
- 等 to wait
- 于 at
二加三等于五。 Two plus three equals five.
Other ways to say equal
More words with 等 or 于
How do you say equal in Chinese?
Equal in Chinese is 等于 (děng yú). You can also say 平等 (píng děng), 相等 (xiāng děng), 得 (dé), 平 (píng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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