当

when; to serve as; (dàng) to treat as

No. 94 most used

Also read: dàng 上当

How it's built

• ⺌light
• 彐hand

A way to remember it

A hand (彐) under a burst of light (⺌): right at that moment.

Words

• 当然

  dāng rán

  only natural; as it should be; certainly
• 当时

  dāng shí

  then; at that time
• 相当

  xiāng dāng

  equivalent to; appropriate; considerably
• 当心

  dāng xīn

  to take care; to look out
• 当成

  dàng chéng

  to consider as; to take to be
• 亚当

  yà dāng

  Adam

Sentences

• 他当时一个人在家。

  tā dāng shí yí ge rén zài jiā

  He was home alone at the time.
• 你应当多运动运动。

  nǐ yīng dāng duō yùn dòng yùn dòng

  You should exercise more.
• 那当然，是我做的。

  nà dāng rán shì wǒ zuò de

  Well, of course, I did that.
• 当时我什么都不能做。

  dāng shí wǒ shén me dōu bù néng zuò

  There was nothing I could do at that time.

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