得当 meaning in English

dédàng

appropriate; suitable

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 得當17 strokes

Meaning of 得当

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dédàng
  1. appropriate
  2. suitable

得当 in example sentences

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

我wǒ们men目mù前qián人rén数shù不bù多duō,但dàn只zhǐ要yào政zhèng治zhì策cè略lüè得de当dàng,几jǐ年nián后hòu或huò许xǔ能néng达dá到dào数shù万wàn人rén。
Today our numbers are few, but with the right political strategy, in a couple years we may number in the tens of thousands.
如rú果guǒ训xùn练liàn得de当dàng的de话huà,音yīn乐yuè才cái能néng是shì可kě以yǐ培péi养yǎng出chū来lái的de。
Musical talent can be developed if it's properly trained.
我wǒ觉jué得de当dāng汤tāng姆mǔ发fā现xiàn他tā买mǎi来lái的de画huà是shì赝yàn品pǐn的de时shí候hòu,他tā会huì很hěn生shēng气qì。
I think Tom is going to be pretty mad when he finds out that the painting he bought is a fake.

Stroke order for each character

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

得 dé · to obtain · 11 strokes

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当 dāng · to be · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 得当.

觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive
记得jìdeto remember
当时dāngshíthen; at that time
懂得dǒngdeto understand; to know; to comprehend
取得qǔdéto acquire; to get; to obtain
得出déchūto obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
当然dāngránonly natural; as it should be
不得不bùdébùhave no choice or option but to; cannot but
值得zhídéworth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
相当xiāngdāngequivalent to; appropriate
当中dāngzhōngamong; in the middle

Questions about 得当

What does 得当 mean?

得当 (dédàng) means "appropriate; suitable" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 得当?

得当 is made of 2 characters: 得 (11 strokes), 当 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 得当 an HSK word?

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

How is 得当 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 得当 is written 得當.