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相当

xiāng dāng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 相當

相当 (xiāng dāng) means "quite; equivalent to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 相当 means

1. equivalent to
2. appropriate
3. considerably
4. to a certain extent
5. fairly
6. quite

How 相当 is used in grammar

相当 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree Adverbs: 比较, 更加, 相当, 极 (HSK 3)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, adverbs (程度副词).

The characters in 相当

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

Example sentences

• 它相当大。
  It's quite large.
• 我相当高。
  I'm pretty tall.
• 他相当帅。
  He's rather handsome.
• 他相当能说。
  He's quite the talker.
• 这相当不错。
  This is quite good.
• 那相当有趣。
  That's quite interesting.

Words starting with 相当

• 相当于xiāng dāng yúequivalent to

Words containing 相当

• 旗鼓相当qí gǔ xiāng dānglit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched…

Where 相当 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Land, Regions & Comparisons (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāng dāng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.