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相当 xiāngdāng

相当 xiāngdāng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 相当 xiāngdāng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāngdāng | xiang1 dang1
English translation
equivalent to
appropriate
considerably
to a certain extent
fairly
quite

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Traditional form

相當

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 相当 xiāngdāng

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Xiāng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Represents an eye () observing a tree (). Based on the original meaning "observe". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "compare; mutual; each other".

Positional decomposition

木目

Number of Strokes

9
dāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Tián represents the meaning and Shàng represents the sound. The contribution of the Tián (field) component to the meaning is unclear. The simplified character dāng was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character dāng .

Positional decomposition

⺌彐

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 相当 xiāngdāng

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相当 xiāngdāng 克制 kèzhì 自己 zìjǐ ,声张 shēng zhāng de fēn le shǒu .

He was so moderate as to leave her without noise.

suī Néng shuì Lěng , suàn 相当 xiāngdāng Liáng le .

It is rather cool, not to say cold.

( yàn )一分预防 yùfáng 相当于 xiāng dāng yú 十分 shífēn 治疗 zhìliáo .

An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure.

běn shì 相当 xiāngdāng 不错 bù cuò de sài páo 选手 xuǎnshǒu , 常常 cháng cháng páo yíng .

Ben is a fairly good runner, he wins more often than not.

zhè liàng Chē 我们 wǒmen liǎ 乘坐 chéngzuò 相当 xiāngdāng le .

The car is quite large for ( the two of us.

相当 xiāngdāng Decomposition

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相当 xiāngdāng Compounds

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