Difference between 等待 and 等到
等待 simply means &quot;to wait&quot;
Example: 等待黎明 (Wait for dawn)
you wait for something to happn

等到 means &quot;wait until&quot; or &quot;waited till&quot; depend on the context.


等到: &quot;wait until&quot;

Example: &quot;等到太阳落山&quot; (Wait until the sun goes down)
You keep waiting until something happen

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等到 &quot;waited till&quot;

Example: 等了三天，终于等到你回来了 (waited for three days, finally waited till you came back)
You have successfully waited till something to happen

user17686 wrote:

Are there instances that 等待 &amp; 等到 can be used interchangeably?

No, 等待 and 等到 have different meanings.

等待黎明 (wait for dawn)

等到黎明 (wait until dawn)/ 等到黎明(waited till dawn)


However, 等, 等待 and 等候 can be used interchangeably sometimes.

等黎明, 等候黎明 and 等待黎明 all mean 'wait for dawn'