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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- dang1
- English meanings
- when, while
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top ⺌; bottom 彐.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
CCP
delay; loose
block
block; resist
gap
serve as; when
swing; sway
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Related words
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- 上当
- 不敢当
- 充当
- 势不可当
- 妥当
- 应当
- 当下
- 当中
- 当之无愧
- 当事人
- 当今
- 当代
- 当众
- 当作
- 当初
- 当前
- 当务之急
- 当即
- 当地
- 当场
- 当天
- 当年
- 当心
- 当成
- 当日
- 当时
- 当晚
- 当然
- 当真
- 当着
- 当选
- 当面
- 得当
- 恰当
- 担当
- 正当
- 每当
- 理所当然
- 相当
- 相当于
- 适当
- 门当户对