děng​dào HSK2

wait until

等到 děng​dào
wait until verb
to wait until a specific time or for a condition to be met

We will wait until he comes back.

by the time verb
at the point when a certain event occurs or a state is reached

By the time he reached the airport, the plane had already taken off.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
9.36 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
41.3 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 2

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT