dāngdàng HSK2

to match

Senses

/ 當 dāng should

Ought to; should

/ 當 dāng to serve as

To work as; to serve as; to fill a role; to be

/ 當 dāng that

Used before time words like tiān or nián to refer to a time in the past, meaning "that"

/ 當 dàng the same

Used before time words to refer to the same moment, meaning "the very same" or "this very"

/ 當 dàng appropriate

Suitable; proper; fitting; adequate

/ 當 dàng to treat as

To regard as; to treat as; to take for; to think (mistakenly)

/ 當 dāng facing

To face; to be in front of; in the presence of

/ 當 dāng (also dǎng) to withstand

To withstand; to resist; to match equally

/ 當 dàng to pawn

To pawn; to use something as collateral for a loan

/ 當 dàng trick

A trick; a snare; a trap

/ 當 dāng variants: 噹 clank

The sound of metal objects clashing; clang; bang

/ 當 dāng to manage

To take charge of; to manage; to be in control of

/ 當 dāng to undertake

To bear; to accept; to undertake responsibility

/ 當 dàng to fail

(Taiwan colloquial) To fail a student in a course; to flunk

/ 當 dàng to crash

(Taiwan colloquial) To crash (referring to a computer or software)

/ 當 dāng surname

a Chinese surname

/ 當 dàng pawned item

An object used as collateral in a pawnshop; a pledge

/ 當 dāng end

The end; the top; the tip of something (e.g. of a roof tile)

/ 當 dāng gap

A gap or interval in space or time; an opening

/ 當 dāng to sentence

To pass judgment on; to sentence; to award a punishment

References

see 当/當 挡/擋