… 等 / 等等 (etc.)
When the list is too long to finish
- to wait for等 or et cetera等等 ends a list with "etc. / and so on".
- apple苹果、banana香蕉to wait for等fruit水果 = "apples, bananas, and other fruit."
- More formal than what什么(of / 's)的.
… to wait for等 / et cetera等等
- to wait for等 can sum up ("…and such, fruit") or just trail off ("…etc.").
apple苹果、banana香蕉etc.等fruit水果。
- apple苹果、banana香蕉to wait for等fruit水果 = "apples, bananas, etc. — fruit."
Practice
Apples, bananas, etc. — fruit: 苹果、香蕉 ____ 水果。
… 等 + summary noun = etc.: 苹果、香蕉等水果.
to wait for等 vs et cetera等等
- to wait for等 can be followed by a summary noun; et cetera等等 just means "and so on".
Explore
Correct or broken?
等 / 等等 ends a list formally — and the list needs more than one item.
Practice
等 / 等等 compared with 什么的 is…
等 / 等等 = formal “etc.”; 什么的 = casual “and stuff”.
Practice
等 can be followed by a summary noun (等水果).
Yes: …等水果 (…and other fruit); 等等 just means “and so on”.
Recap
Key idea
- … to wait for等 / et cetera等等 — "etc. / and so on" (more formal than what什么(of / 's)的)
- apple苹果、banana香蕉to wait for等fruit水果 (… and other fruit)
- to wait for等 + summary noun; et cetera等等 = "and so forth"
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Auxiliary words.