kei4 dang2其等
Jyutpingkei4 dang2
Yalekèih dáng
Definition
Equivalent; of equal quality, value, or status.
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How it's used
其等 is a formal way to express equivalence, often appearing in written documents or professional settings. While it can be used in speech, it sounds quite literary or academic compared to more common alternatives like 一樣 or 相等. Using it in casual conversation may make you sound overly stiff or like you are reading from a report.
Examples
The abilities of those two are equivalent.
Are these two gifts equivalent in value?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake 其等 for a pronoun meaning 'they' or 'them' due to the character 其, but it is strictly an adjective describing equality or equivalence. Do not use it to refer to a group of people.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
