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当场

dāng chǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 當場

当场 (dāng chǎng) means "at the scene". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 当场 means

1. at the scene; on the spot

The characters in 当场

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)

Example sentences

• 汤姆被卡车撞到而且当场死亡。
  Tāng mǔ bèi kǎchē zhuàngdào érqiě dāngchǎng sǐwáng.
  Tom was hit by a truck and died instantly.

Where 当场 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dàn–dǎo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dāng chǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.