当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当然
dāngrán
of course
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 当然可以。 Dāngrán kěyǐ. Of course you can.
- 我当然去。 Wǒ dāngrán qù. Of course I will go.
- 当然是真的。 Dāngrán shì zhēn de. Of course it is true.
Related words
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 当初 dāngchū at first; back then
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 不敢当 bùgǎndāng I do not deserve it (modest reply)
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then
- 当前 dāngqián current; present