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请等一下。
。 Please wait a moment.Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next请等一下。 02 What does 请等一下。 mean?等一下 is a core repair phrase for buying time without panic.
PracticePlease wait a moment. 03 Fill the pinyin for 请等一下。一 changes to yí before 下 because 下 is fourth tone.
Practiceqǐng děng yí xià. 04 Which line politely buys a short moment?请 makes 等一下 polite enough for strangers or staff.
Practice请等一下。Scene
When to use it
Asking someone to wait briefly while you check, pay, translate, or find something.
Risk
safe
If the wait will be long, say 稍等一下 or explain the reason.
Literal
Please wait a little.
等一下 is a core repair phrase for buying time without panic.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
01 · What does 请等一下。 mean?
Answer: Please wait a moment.
等一下 is a core repair phrase for buying time without panic.
Practice this prompt02 · Fill the pinyin for 请等一下。
Answer: qǐng děng yí xià.
一 changes to yí before 下 because 下 is fourth tone.
Practice this prompt03 · Which line politely buys a short moment?
Answer: 请等一下。
请 makes 等一下 polite enough for strangers or staff.
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