当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当场
dāngchǎng
on the spot; immediately
Characters in this word
场 chǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 勿 must not, do not
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他当场答应。 Tā dāngchǎng dāyìng. He agreed on the spot.
- 她当场哭了。 Tā dāngchǎng kū le. She cried right away.
- 老师当场表扬我。 Lǎoshī dāngchǎng biǎoyáng wǒ. The teacher praised me on the spot.
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
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 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)
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then
- 当前 dāngqián current; present