当

Traditional當

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

Other readingsdàngat or in the very same...

Example sentences

我当过老师。

wǒ dāng guò lǎo shī.

I was a teacher.

她当医生了。

tā dāng yī shēng le.

She's a doctor now.

我想当护士

wǒ xiǎng dāng hù shi

I want to be a nurse.

Appears in

当然dāng ránonly natural 当时dàng shíimmediately; right then 当时dāng shíthen; at that time 相当xiāng dāngequivalent to 当作dàng zuòto treat as 当成dàng chéngto consider as; to take to be 当地dāng dìlocal 当中dāng zhōngamong 当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)当初dāng chūat that time 当心dāng xīnto take care 亚当yà dāngAdam

Characters built with 当

档dàngshelf; frame, crosspiece 挡dǎngobstruct, impede; stop; resist 裆dāngcrotch or seat of pants; pants 铛dāngfrying pan; warming vessel