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當
简 当 · 繁 當Mandarin · pinyin dāng#
Meanings · dāng
- 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
Mandarin · pinyin dàng#
Meanings · dàng
- 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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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dong1 · dong3
Cantonese word readings for 當. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to face; to turn towards
- to bear; to withstand; to resist
- to undertake; to manage; to take charge of
- to work as; to serve as
- to match equally; to equal; to be equal to
- just at the time of; just happen (to be at a certain moment)
- just at (a place); at or in the very same
- to meet; to happen to
- (literary) still; to be
- to regard something/someone as; to think; to treat something/someone as
- (literary) to make a judgement; to sentence
- ought; should
- gap; space; break
- a surname
character · Etymology 1
- to match; to be equal to
- (obsolete) to lead; to manage
- proper; suitable; adequate; fitting; appropriate
- to regard as; to consider as; to treat as
- to think
- to pawn; to put in pawn
- pawn; something pawned
- pawnshop (often used in names of pawnshops)
- trick; fraud; deception
- (Taiwan, slang, of teachers or professors) to fail someone
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 擋 /挡 (“to block; to obstruct”)
character · Etymology 3
- the same (day etc.)
character · Etymology 4
- to take sides
character · Etymology 5
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 噹 /当 (“clang; clank; ding-dong”)
character · Etymology 6
- A meaningless suffix.
character · Etymology 7
- (Southern Min) at the time; right now; just happen
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