HSK 5 · Function Words

相当 xiāngdāng “equivalent to” in Chinese

Traditional 相當

What 相当 means

  1. equivalent to
  2. appropriate
  3. considerably
  4. to a certain extent
  5. fairly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • quite

How to say 相当

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale当dāng1st tone, high and level

相当 in a sentence

  1. 两个孩子的年龄加起来和他们的父亲相当。

    Liǎng ge háizi de niánlíng jiā qǐlai hé tāmen de fùqīn xiāngdāng.

    The two children’s ages added together equal their father’s.

    Sentence #334751 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 上海的人口数量和东京相当。

    Shànghǎi de rénkǒu shùliàng hé Dōngjīng xiāngdāng.

    Shanghai’s population is about the same as Tokyo’s.

    Sentence #1328022 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 相当 can also mean “quite; fairly”

    我对我的生活相当满意。

    Wǒ duì wǒ de shēnghuó xiāngdāng mǎnyì.

    I’m quite happy with my life.

    Sentence #13890331 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 相当 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

The character 当 (dāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
当dāngdong
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 彐snout · jì

How to write 相当

相 9 strokes · 当 6 strokes

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

Words related to 相当

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相对xiāngduì · relatively

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当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary当前dāngqián · current

More words: Function Words & Grammar

未必wèibì · not necessarily勿wù · do not (formal无数wúshù · countless显然xiǎnrán · clearly相对xiāngduì · relatively相关xiāngguān · related项xiàng · item幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately

FAQs

相当 (xiāngdāng) means “equivalent to” or “appropriate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiāngdāng: xiāng with a 1st tone, then dāng with a 1st 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, 相当 is written 相當. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangdang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相当 from the suggestions. Typing xiangdang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相当 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.