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dāng · dang/dàng · dang

Traditional 噹 / 當

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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dāng 噹

  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)

dāng 當

  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at

dàng 當

  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

当(dāng)我(wǒ)在(zài)你(nǐ)这(zhè)个(ge)年(nián)纪(jì)时(shí)，冥(míng)王(wáng)星(xīng)是(shì)行(xíng)星(xīng)。

When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

不(bú)是(shì)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)人(rén)都(dōu)能(néng)当(dāng)艺(yì)术(shù)家(jiā)的(de)。

Not everybody can be an artist.

Tatoeba: Chinese by notabene · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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