当
dāngdàng HSK2

to match

当 當 dāng frequency
at a time prepositionadverb
At a given time or place; just as; while; when (often used in the pattern 当...的时候 dāng... de​shí​hou)

当他们准备好时，他们会来的。

dāng tā​men zhǔn​bèi hǎo shí, tā​men huì lái de.

They'll come when they're ready.

当他回到家时，他生病了。

dāng tā huí dào jiā shí, tā shēng bìng le.

When he arrived home he was sick.

should adverb
Ought to; should
to serve as verb
To work as; to serve as; to fill a role; to be

你为什么想当演员呢？

nǐ wèi​shén​me xiǎng dāng yǎn​yuán ne?

Why do you want to be an actor?

当妈妈意味着什么？

dāng mā​ma yì​wèi​zhe shén​me?

What does it mean to be a mom?

that adverbnoun
Used before time words like 天 tiān or 年 nián to refer to a time in the past, meaning "that"
facing locativepreposition
To face; to be in front of; in the presence of
to withstand verb
To withstand; to resist; to match equally
to manage noun
To take charge of; to manage; to be in control of
to undertake adjective
To bear; to accept; to undertake responsibility
surname
a Chinese surname
end
The end; the top; the tip of something (e.g. of a roof tile)
gap
A gap or interval in space or time; an opening
to sentence
To pass judgment on; to sentence; to award a punishment
当 當 dàng
the same nounadjective
Used before time words to refer to the same moment, meaning "the very same" or "this very"
appropriate adjective
Suitable; proper; fitting; adequate
to treat as verb
To regard as; to treat as; to take for; to think (mistakenly)

别拿我当借口。

bié ná wǒ dàng jiè kǒu.

Don't use me as an excuse.

to pawn verb
To pawn; to use something as collateral for a loan

我把手表拿去当了。

wǒ bǎ shǒu​biǎo ná qù dàng le.

I pawned my watch.

trick verb
A trick; a snare; a trap
to fail
(Taiwan colloquial) To fail a student in a course; to flunk
to crash
(Taiwan colloquial) To crash (referring to a computer or software)
pawned item
An object used as collateral in a pawnshop; a pledge
当 當 dāng
variant 噹
clank adverb
The sound of metal objects clashing; clang; bang

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Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
71st most common 2218.4 per million
Movie subtitles
96th most common 1712.8 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
882.9 per million appears in 93% of films
Written text
550.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
噹當
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5F53

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)