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  dong1 dong3   jyutping
  dang1 dang4   pinyin
[] dong1 | [] dang1
[1] [v] serve/work as; accept/take (responsibility)
[2] [v] be in charge; preside; control
[3] [prep] at a certain time/place; when; while
[4] [v] be equal to; match; be commensurate with
[5] [v] should; ought to; must
[6] [v] hold back; block; be in sb's presence

[] dong3 | [] dang4
[1] [adj] appropriate; proper; right
[2] [v] regard/treat as; take for
[3] [v,n] pawn; mortgage; pledge

[] dong1 | [] dang4
[prep] at/in/on (that very moment/day/month/year)

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: nounadjectivepreposition
Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
Radical: (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
當 / 当

This word has been viewed 22205 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Aug 2013 02:37

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detail  dong1 zung3  dang1 zhong4 = in public; in front of everybody
detail  dong3 sing4  dang1 cheng2 = to take as; to consider to be
detail  dong1 zou6  dang1 zao4 = in season (re: e.g, fruits)
detail  dong1 tin1  dang1 tian1; dang4 tian1 = that day
detail  dik1 dong3   = proper, accurate
detail  dong1 jin4  dang1 ran2 = of course; as it should be; only natural that
detail  dong1 maan5   = on that night
detail  mui5 dong1  mei3 dang1 = every time, whenever
detail  dong1 co1  dang1 chu1 = at first, originally
detail  dong1 sam1  dang1 xin1 = take care; look out; be careful
See all 124 compounds (CantoDict reports 127 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 當
detail audio 當天應該
That day, I think I was only seven.
detail 相當快樂
I am fairly happy.
detail 覺得聖誕節當天不會下雪
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?
detail 我們聖誕節當天聚會
On Christmas Day we will have a big party.
detail audio 睇到封信時候已經離開香港
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]
detail 今晚當值
I'm on duty tonight.
[Lit: I need to be on duty tonight.]
detail 當天全部都好
That day, everything was good!
detail 兩個搭配不當
These two words don't go together.
detail 學好講嘢當我時候開始而家只係最後先至
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]
detail 蹣跚爸爸離開我哋
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.
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