当 (dàng) — to treat as, to regard as; to be fooled, to be taken in; to pawn
Definition
当 (dàng) is the fourth-tone reading used in verbs like 当作 (to treat as, to regard as), 上当 (to be fooled), and 典当 (to pawn); it also appears in 当天/当年 meaning 'that very day/year'. Distinct from first-tone 当 (dāng) 'to serve as; to work as' — and the bell onomatopoeia is dāng too, not dàng.
verb
to treat asto regard asto be fooledto be taken into pawn
Examples
- 当。Tā bǎ wǒ dàng péng you yí yàng duì dài.He treats me as a friend.
- 当。Wǒ bǎ jiù xiàng jī dàng le wǔ bǎi kuài qián.I pawned my old camera for five hundred yuan.
- 当，。Bié bǎ tā dàng xiǎo hái zi, tā hěn chéng shú.Don't regard him as a child — he's very mature.
Grammar
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