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档

dàng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 檔

What 档 means

1. bound formshelves (for files); pigeonholes
2. bound formfiles
3. crosspiece (of a table etc)
4. bound form(of goods) grade
5. vendor's open-air stall
6. Taiwantimeslot for a show or program
7. classifier for shows
8. classifier for events, affairs etc
9. Taiwan pr. dǎng

Other readings

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

• dǎnggear (variant of {挡|dǎng})

Example sentences

• 汤姆把文档译成法语。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ wéndàng yìchéng Fǎyǔ.
  Tom translated the document into French.
• 我需要去查一下档案。
  I need to have a quick look at the files.
• 我在下载这份网络档案。
  I'm downloading this internet archive.
• 我给自己的邮件做了一份档案。
  I created an archive of my emails.
• 羊屁股先生可没告诉我还有搭档。
  Yáng pìgu xiānsheng kě méi gàosu wǒ háiyǒu dādàng.
  Mr. Goat Butt never told me there would be a partner.
• 汤姆和玛丽入住了一家高档酒店。
  Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì rùzhù le yī jiā gāodàng jiǔdiàn.
  Tom and Mary stayed in a fancy hotel.

Words starting with 档

• 档案dàng ànfile; record; archive
• 档次dàng cìgrade; class; quality
• 档子dàng ziclassifier for affairs, events etc
• 档案馆dàng àn guǎnarchive library
• 档口dàng kǒustall; booth
• 档期dàng qīslot within a schedule; timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc)…
• 档案总管dàng àn zǒng guǎn(computing) file manager
• 档案传输协定dàng àn chuán shū xié dìngFile Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• 档案袋dàng àn dàiarchive envelope; portfolio
• 档案夹dàng àn jiāfile folder; portfolio
• 档案盒dàng àn héarchive box
• 档车dǎng chēsee 打档车

Words containing 档

• 高档gāo dàngsuperior quality; high grade; top grade
• 搭档dā dàngto cooperate; partner
• 文档wén dàng(computer) file; document; documentation
• 存档cún dàngto archive; to place on file; saved data (for a video game etc)
• 低档dī dànglow-grade; of low worth or rank; poor quality
• 大排档dà pái dàngfood stall; open-air restaurant
• 中档zhōng dàngmid-range (in quality and price)
• 归档guī dàngto file away; to place on file
• 空档kòng dànggap (between two objects); interval of time (between events); opening in one's schedule
• 下档xià dàng(Taiwan) (of a film, TV drama etc) to end its run; to stop being shown
• 定档dìng dàng(of a film etc) to be set to be released on a specific date
• 建档jiàn dàngto establish records; to create a file; to archive systematically
• 强档qiáng dàngprime time
• 打档dǎ dǎng(Taiwan) to change gears
• 排档pái dàng(colloquial) row of vendor stalls; street stall area; (Taiwan) gear shift; gear selector…
• 断档duàn dàngsold out; to be out of stock
• 书档shū dàngbookend
• 脱档tuō dàngsold out; out of stock
• 补档bǔ dàngto reupload digital content (because it expired, was taken down etc)
• 调档diào dàngto transfer a dossier; to consult a dossier
• 面档miàn dàngnoodle stall or counter
• 上档键shàng dàng jiàn(computing) Shift key
• 副档名fù dàng míng(file) extension (computing) (Tw)
• 大牌档dà pái dàngfood stall; open-air restaurant…

Characters built on 当

These share the phonetic component 当 (dāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 筜dāngused in 筼筜

Characters that look like 档

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

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 柏bǎicedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed

Sounds the same

Read dàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 荡to wash; to squander; to sweep away
• 当at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate
• 挡to arrange; to put in order
• 宕dissipated; put off
• 凼pool; pit; ditch
• 菪henbane
• 砀stone with color veins
• 愓profligate
• 垱(dialect) earthen dyke in a river or rice paddy (for irrigation purposes)
• 簜(bamboo)
• 逿to fall; to sway; to cross
• 氹variant of 凼

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dàng correctly.
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