当成 (dàng chéng) — to consider as; to take to be

Definition

当成 and 当作 are nearly interchangeable ('treat/regard as'); 当成 is slightly more colloquial. Both are everyday choices, unlike the written/formal 视为.

verb
to consider asto take to be

Examples

  • 当成
    Tā bǎ wǒ dàng chéng zì jǐ de qīn dì di.
    He treats me like his own younger brother.
  • 当成
    Bié bǎ zhè jiàn shì dàng chéng kāi wán xiào.
    Don't take this matter as a joke.
  • 当成
    Hěn duō rén dàng chéng xué wài yǔ shì yí jiàn hěn nán de shì.
    Many people consider learning a foreign language a very difficult thing.

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