HSK 6 · Adjectives

恰当 qiàdàng “appropriate” in Chinese

Traditional 恰當

What 恰当 means

  1. appropriate
  2. suitable
  3. proper

How to say 恰当

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恰qià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale当dàng4th tone, falling

恰当 in a sentence

  1. 你用的这个词不太恰当。

    Nǐ yòng de zhè ge cí bú tài qiàdàng.

    The word you used isn’t quite right.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们会在恰当的时候告诉他。

    Wǒmen huì zài qiàdàng de shíhou gàosu tā.

    We’ll tell him at the right time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 恰当 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 恰 (qià) with each of its parts in a different colour
恰qiàexactly
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 合to combine · gěSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 合 (gě) hints at the sound. Compare it with qià.

The character 当 (dāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
当dàngat or in the very same…
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 彐snout · jì

How to write 恰当

恰 9 strokes · 当 6 strokes

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

Words related to 恰当

Words with 恰

恰巧qiàqiǎo · by chance恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right

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

More words: Adjectives

平行píngxíng · parallel平庸píngyōng · mediocre朴实pǔshí · plain朴素pǔsù · plain恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right谦逊qiānxùn · modest锲而不舍qiè'érbùshě · to persevere切实qièshí · practical

FAQs

恰当 (qiàdàng) means “appropriate” or “suitable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiàdàng: qià with a 4th tone, then dàng with a 4th 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, 恰当 is written 恰當. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiadang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恰当 from the suggestions. Typing qiadang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恰当 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.