dang2 dang2等等
Jyutpingdang2 dang2
Yaledáng dáng
Definition
And so on; etcetera.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
Use this to close a list when you want to imply that there are more items of the same category that you are choosing not to mention. It is almost always followed by 嘅 to connect it to the noun it modifies. While it functions similarly to etc., it sounds much more natural in spoken lists than the formal written equivalent 諸如此類.
Examples
He bought apples, oranges, bananas, and so on.
Do you like watching movies, going shopping, or something else?
Related words
Common phrases
things like that
Common mistake
Avoid using this to mean wait a moment, which is the verb 等. Learners sometimes confuse the two because they share the same characters, but the verb is never doubled in that context.
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
