Chinese words starting with “dang”
28 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable dang. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final ang · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 19
- 3rd tone 2
- 4th tone 7
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 当然dāng ránHSK 3
only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 当时dāng shíHSK 2
then; at that time; while
- 当地dāng dìHSK 3
local
- 当中dāng zhōngHSK 3
among; in the middle; in the center
- 当初dāng chūHSK 3
at that time; originally
All 28 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 当 | dāng | p,v | 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 | |
| 2 | 党 | dǎng | n | party; association; club; society | |
| 3 | 档案 | dàng àn | n | file; record; archive | |
| 4 | 当年 | dāng nián | t | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 5 | 档 | dàng | g,q,n | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 6 | 挡 | dǎng | v,q | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 7 | 当作 | dàng zuò | v | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 8 | 当事人 | dāng shì rén | n | persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair) | |
| 9 | 当天 | dāng tiān | t | on that day | |
| 10 | 当成 | dàng chéng | v | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 11 | 当晚 | dāng wǎn | t | on that evening | |
| 12 | 当前 | dāng qián | t | the present time; to be faced with | |
| 13 | 当场 | dāng chǎng | d | at the scene; on the spot | |
| 14 | 当选 | dāng xuǎn | v,vn | to be elected; to be selected | |
| 15 | 当真 | dàng zhēn | d,v | to take seriously; serious; No joking, really! | |
| 16 | 当今 | dāng jīn | t | current; present; now; nowadays | |
| 17 | 当代 | dāng dài | t | the present age; the contemporary era | |
| 18 | 当面 | dāng miàn | d | to sb's face; in sb's presence | |
| 19 | 当下 | dāng xià | t,d | immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment | |
| 20 | 当心 | dāng xīn | v | to take care; to look out | |
| 21 | 档次 | dàng cì | n | grade; class; quality; level | |
| 22 | 当着 | dāng zhe | p | in front of; in the presence of | |
| 23 | 当日 | dāng rì | t | on that day | |
| 24 | 当众 | dāng zhòng | d | in public; in front of everybody | |
| 25 | 当务之急 | dāng wù zhī jí | l | top priority job; matter of vital importance | |
| 26 | 当之无愧 | dāng zhī wú kuì | v | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | |
| 27 | 当即 | dāng jí | d | at once; on the spot | |
| 28 | 荡漾 | dàng yàng | v | to ripple; to undulate; also written 荡漾 |
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