应当

Character by character

• 应yīng7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 應should, ought to, must
• 当dāng6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 噹bear, accept, undertake; just

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 应当. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 当dāngHSK 2

  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

• 应该yīng gāiHSK 2

  ought to; should; must

• 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

• 应yīngHSK 4

  to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall

• 反应fǎn yìngHSK 3

  to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction

• 相当xiāng dāngHSK 3

  equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite

• 当地dāng dìHSK 3

  local

• 答应dā yingHSK 2

  to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise

• 适应shì yìngHSK 3

  to adapt; to fit; to suit

• 当中dāng zhōngHSK 3

  among; in the middle; in the center

• 当初dāng chūHSK 3

  at that time; originally

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 当作dàng zuòHSK 6

  to treat as; to regard as

• 供应gōng yìngHSK 4

  to supply; to provide; to offer

• 当事人dāng shì rénHSK 7

  persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)

• 当天dāng tiānHSK 6

  on that day

• 当成dàng chéngHSK 6

  to consider as; to take to be

• 适当shì dàngHSK 6

  suitable; appropriate

• 应付yìng fuHSK 7

  to deal with; to cope

• 回应huí yìngHSK 6

  to respond; response

• 正当zhèng dàngHSK 6

  honest; reasonable; fair; sensible

• 当晚dāng wǎnHSK 7

  on that evening

• 效应xiào yìngHSK 7

  effect (scientific phenomenon)