HSK 6 · Society

当事人 dāngshìrén “party (involved)” in Chinese

Traditional 當事人

What 当事人 means

  1. party (involved)
  2. person concerned
  3. persons involved or implicated
  4. party (to an affair)

How to say 当事人

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale当dāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising

当事人 in a sentence

  1. 这件事最好问问当事人。

    Zhè jiàn shì zuìhǎo wènwen dāngshìrén.

    It’s best to ask the people involved in this matter.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 律师会保护当事人的隐私。

    Lǜshī huì bǎohù dāngshìrén de yǐnsī.

    Lawyers protect their clients’ privacy.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 当事人 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 当 (dāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
当dāngdong
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 彐snout · jì
The character 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué
The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

How to write 当事人

当 6 strokes · 事 8 strokes · 人 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

当事人 (dāngshìrén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 当事人 (dāngshìrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 当事人

Words with 当

当然dāngrán · of course当dāng · to act as当时dāngshí · then当地dāngdì · local当心dāngxīn · to be careful上当shàngdàng · to be fooled相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person

More words: Society & Law

打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court逮捕dàibǔ · to arrest歹徒dǎitú · criminal党dǎng · (political) party当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected盗窃dàoqiè · to steal打仗dǎzhàng · to fight a war典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony

FAQs

当事人 (dāngshìrén) means “party (involved)” or “person concerned”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dāngshìrén: dāng with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone, then rén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 当事人 is written 當事人. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dangshiren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 当事人 from the suggestions. Typing dangshiren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
当事人 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.