HSK 5 · Verbs

上当 shàngdàng “to be fooled” in Chinese

Traditional 上當

What 上当 means

  1. to be fooled
  2. to be taken in
  3. taken in (by sb’s deceit)
  4. to be duped

How to say 上当

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale上shàng4th 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

上当 in a sentence

  1. 他上当了。

    Tā shàngdàng le.

    He was fooled.

    Sentence #899082 from Tatoeba

  2. 我不会上当的。

    Wǒ búhuì shàngdàng de.

    I won’t fall for it.

    Sentence #5091671 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 直到那时，他才意识到他已经上当受骗。

    Zhídào nàshí, tā cái yìshí dào tā yǐjīng shàngdàng shòupiàn.

    Only then did he realise he had been taken in.

    Sentence #332498 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 上当 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 上 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
上shàngup; upper; above; previous
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.

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 上当

上 3 strokes · 当 6 strokes

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

Words related to 上当

Words with 上

上shàng · up上午shàngwǔ · morning (forenoon)上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening上班shàngbān · to go to work上面shàngmiàn · above路上lùshang · on the road上来shànglái · to come up

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相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary当前dāngqián · current

More words: Common Verbs

忍不住rěnbuzhù · cannot help洒sǎ · to sprinkle杀shā · to kill晒shài · to dry in the sun舍不得shěbude · to hate to part with伸shēn · to stretch升shēng · to rise生产shēngchǎn · to produce

FAQs

上当 (shàngdàng) means “to be fooled” or “to be taken in”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shàngdàng: shàng 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, 上当 is written 上當. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangdang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 上当 from the suggestions. Typing shangdang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
上当 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.