相当

xiāngdāng

Traditional: 相當

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Translation

quite, fairly, to be equivalent to

Word origin

A compound of 相 (xiāng, mutually) and 当 (dāng, to match, to be equal), originally to be equivalent, and by extension fairly or quite. The simplified 当 derives from 當.

Origin
compound
Root
相 (xiāng, mutually) + 当 (dāng, to match)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 相

Stroke order for 当

Examples

cài

This dish is quite tasty.

His Chinese is rather good.

This job is fairly hard.

The two are of equal standard.

This price is quite reasonable.

相当 (xiāng dāng) means quite or fairly as an adverb, and to be equivalent to as a verb. It is used to grade a quality or to compare two things as equal.

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This word is part of lesson 28.