当下 meaning in English

dāngxià

immediately; at once

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 當下9 strokes

Meaning of 当下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dāngxià
  1. immediately
  2. at once
  3. at that moment
  4. at the moment

当下 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ一yí定dìng要yào活huó在zài当dāng下xià,不bù能néng总zǒng是shì留liú恋liàn过guò去qù。
You must live in the present, not in the past.
她tā对duì当dāng下xià的de流liú行xíng很hěn敏mǐn感gǎn。
She follows the latest craze.
我wǒ们men看kàn到dào了le一yī部bù揭jiē示shì当dāng下xià社shè会huì真zhēn实shí偏piān见jiàn的de戏xì剧jù。
We saw a theatre piece which brings the true prejudices of the present society.
为wèi何hé如rú何hé?你nǐ疑yí问wèn的dí当dàng下xià就jiù是shì科kē学xué的de开kāi端duān。
Science begins when you ask why and how.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

当 dāng · to be · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 当下.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
当时dāngshíthen; at that time
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind

Questions about 当下

What does 当下 mean?

当下 (dāngxià) means "immediately; at once" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 当下?

当下 is made of 2 characters: 当 (6 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 当下 an HSK word?

Yes. 当下 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 当下 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 当下 is written 當下.