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dāng = d + ang1
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
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dāng = d + ang1
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
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dàng = d + ang4
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
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How to pronounce 当

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang4 final

In the anglepod’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

当 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
xiǎo = xi + ao3
small / tiny / few / young
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= ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 当 as component

dàng = d + ang4
official records / grade (of goods) / file / records / shelves / slot / gap / crosspiece / classifier for crosspieces / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
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dǎng = d + ang3
(Tw) variant of 擋|挡[dang3], gear
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dǎng = d + ang3
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
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Words with 当

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Sittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)

Sentences with 当

dāng
shén
me
shì
 
 
yuán
lái

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dāng / dàng

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