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当

dāng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 噹

What 当 means

1. onomatopoeiadong
2. ding dong (bell)

Other readings

当 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dāngto be; to act as; manage
• dàngat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate

Example sentences

• 当心！
  Look out!
• 当然。
  Of course.
• 当然!
  Of course!
• 当然哪！
  Definitely!
• 当然了。
  Of course.
• 不敢当。
  I don't deserve it.

Words starting with 当

• 当时dāng shíthen; at that time
• 当然dāng ránonly natural; as it should be; certainly
• 当年dāng niánin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
• 当地dāng dìlocal
• 当代dāng dàithe present age; the contemporary era
• 当初dāng chūat that time; originally
• 当前dāng qiánthe present time; to be faced with
• 当场dāng chǎngat the scene; on the spot
• 当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
• 当选dāng xuǎnto be elected; to be selected
• 当面dāng miànto sb's face; in sb's presence
• 当心dāng xīnto take care; to look out
• 当务之急dāng wù zhī jí(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
• 当中dāng zhōngamong; in the middle; in the center
• 当天dāng tiānon that day
• 当作dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as
• 当成dàng chéngto consider as; to take to be
• 当今dāng jīnthe present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
• 当局dāng júauthorities
• 当晚dāng wǎnon that evening
• 当日dàng rìthat very day; the same day
• 当着dāng zhein front of; in the presence of
• 当下dāng xiàimmediately; at once; at that moment
• 当即dāng jíat once; on the spot

Words containing 当

• 相当xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate; considerably
• 上当shàng dàngtaken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped
• 正当zhèng dànghonest; reasonable; fair
• 恰当qià dàngappropriate; suitable
• 充当chōng dāngto serve as; to act as; to play the role of
• 理所当然lǐ suǒ dāng ránas it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course…
• 妥当tuǒ dangappropriate; proper; ready
• 不敢当bù gǎn dānglit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
• 应当yīng dāngshould; ought to
• 适当shì dàngsuitable; appropriate
• 每当měi dāngwhenever; every time
• 相当于xiāng dāng yúequivalent to
• 不当bù dàngunsuitable; improper; inappropriate
• 麦当劳Mài dāng láoMcDonald's (fast food company)
• 担当dān dāngto take upon oneself; to assume
• 叮当dīng dāng(onomatopoeia) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound
• 亚当Yà dāngAdam
• 得当dé dàngappropriate; suitable
• 行当háng dangprofession; role (acting)
• 便当biàn dāngconvenient; handy; easy
• 勾当gòu dàngshady business
• 家当jiā dàngfamilial property; belongings
• 直截了当zhí jié liǎo dàngdirect and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
• 了当liǎo dàngfrank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle

Characters that look like 当

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 贞zhēnchaste
• 吕lǚpitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
• 甫fǔ(classical) barely; just; just now
• 甬yǒngpath screened by walls on both sides
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Sounds the same

Read dāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裆crotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 铛clank; clang; sound of metal
• 筜used in 筼筜
• 儅stop
• 珰(literary) pendant ornament; earring; eunuch
• 蟷mantis