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dāng

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dāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dāng | dang1
English translation
appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

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About dāng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

dāng

Contains the radical

Tián

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

field

Etymology of dāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

尚田

Semantic compound

Tián

Phonetic compound

Shàng

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 .

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Words with dāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dāng to be dāng
当然 dāngrán only natural當然
当时 dāngshí then當時
相当 xiāngdāng equivalent to相當
当地 dāngdì local當地
应当 yīng dāng should應當
当年 dāng nián then當年
当前 dāngqián current當前
当天 dāng tiān on that day當天
当中 dāng zhōng among當中
当初 dāngchū at that time當初
适当 shì dàng suitable適當
当作 dàng zuò to treat as當作
当事人 dāngshìrén party (to an affair)當事人
当成 dàng chéng to consider as當成
当日 dāng rì that very day當日
当场 dāngchǎng at the scene當場
当局 dāng jú authorities當局
正当 zhèngdāng honest正當
当晚 dāng wǎn on that evening當晚
相当于 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to相當於
当代 dāngdài the present age當代
当今 dāng jīn current當今
每当 měi dāng whenever每當
当选 dāngxuǎn to be elected當選

dāng Decomposition & Compounds

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