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适当

shì dàng

2-character word Traditional 適當

What 适当 means

1. suitable; appropriate

The characters in 适当

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

Example sentences

• 请在空格上填上适当的字词。
  Qǐng zài kònggé shàng tián shàng shìdàng de zìcí.
  Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
• 你在聚会中针对Lisa体重作出的评论是完全不适当的。
  Nǐ zài jùhuì zhōng zhēnduì Lisa tǐzhòng zuòchū de pínglùn shì wánquán bù shìdàng de.
  The remark you made at the party about Lisa's weight was totally uncalled for.
• 一些操作系统上有全角字符的文件名会显示为乱码，所以下载时请改成适当的文件名。
  Yīxiē cāozuòxìtǒng shàng yǒu quánjiǎo zìfú de wénjiànmíng huì xiǎnshì wéi luànmǎ, suǒyǐ xiàzǎi shí qǐng gǎichéng shìdàng de wénjiànmíng.
  On some OS's you get gibberish for filenames with full-width characters so when downloading please change to a suitable filename.

Words containing 适当

• 不适当bù shì dànginadequate; unfit