当
當Meanings
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- 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
- 1.(onom.) dong
- 2.ding dong (bell)
- 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)
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Wiktionary
- 1.now
- 2.then; in that case
- 3.nowadays
- 4.to catch an animal by drawing a net, setting a trap, etc.
- 5.to wait for; to stalk; to watch out (in order to catch or get something)
- 6.implement for catching animals; trap
- 7.to run into; to encounter
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *taŋ, *taŋs): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/m/b-raŋ (“strong; firm; tense”) or Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)aŋ (“tense; tight”), the latter which appears to be preferred based on more current research (Hill, 2019, p. 224); compare Tibetan ཐང་པོ (thang po, “tense; tight; firm”), Burmese တင်း (tang:, “to tighten; to be tight”). Pronunciation 2 is the exopassive of pronunciation 1, literally “to be stretched” (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我当过老师。
I was a teacher.
别当守财奴！
Don't be a penny-pincher.
我想当医生。
I want to be a doctor.
你当你是谁啊？
Who do you think you are?
就当在家一样。
Make yourself at home.
别把人家当傻瓜。
Don't make a fool of me.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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