得
当

Appropriate in Chinese: 得当 (dé dàng)

dé dàng

appropriate

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 得當1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1appropriate
  2. 2suitable

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得
当

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ㄉㄜˊ

dé

ㄉ/ dㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄤˋ

dàng

ㄉ/ dㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

得当

Simplified

得當

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这件事他处理得很得当。

    zhè jiàn shì tā chǔ lǐ dé hěn dé dàng。

    He handled this matter very appropriately.

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Related words

得

dé

to obtain

当

dāng

(onom.) dong

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

当然

dāng rán

only natural

记得

jì de

to remember

当地

dāng dì

local

当时

dāng shí

then

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

值得

zhí de

to be worth

当代

dāng dài

the present age

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

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