I can't wait to go on a vacation.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
等不及
can't wait
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
can't wait
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 等不及 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 等不及 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Meet you there on Sunday morning. Can't wait.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 等不及.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 等不及.
Directly before
- 我等不及2
- 都等不及1
Directly after
- 等不及想要1
- 等不及要1
- 等不及了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 等不及
What does 等不及 mean in Chinese?
等不及 (děngbùjí) means can't wait.
How do you pronounce 等不及?
等不及 is pronounced děngbùjí.
Is 等不及 an HSK word?
等不及 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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