HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

当

dāng

to act as; when

Stroke order of 当

当 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Small 小 hands over a pot-like shape: you take the role of the one in charge.

Parts: 当: 彐 + 小 (simplified form of 當)

Example sentence

我长大后想当医生。

When I grow up I want to be a doctor.

Words with 当

当时at that time 当地local 当中among; in the middle 当初at first; originally 相当quite; equivalent 当然of course 应当should; ought to

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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