Chinese Traditional: 相當
Chinese Simplified: 相当
Pinyin: xiang1 dang1
Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄉㄤ
English Meaning: 1. fairly, quite, to a certain extent 2. equivalent to

Example Sentences:

與大部分亞洲國家相比, 臺灣相當小。
与大部分亚洲国家相比, 台湾相当小。
yu3 da4 bu4 fen4 ya4 zhou1 guo2 jia1 xiang1 bi3, tai2 wan1 xiang1 dang1 xiao3.
Compared to most Asian countries, Taiwan is fairly small.
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在巴黎生活相當昂貴。
在巴黎生活相当昂贵。
zai4 ba1 li2 sheng1 huo2 xiang1 dang1 ang2 gui4.
Living in Paris is very expensive.
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他對天文學相當感興趣。
他对天文学相当感兴趣。
ta1 dui4 tian1 wen2 xue2 xiang1 dang1 gan3 xing4 qu4.
He is fascinated by astronomy.
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Related Words:

 

xiāng

1. reciprocally, mutually 2. each other, one another 3. to see for oneself, to evaluate by seeing for oneself 4. together, jointly 5. successively, one after another 6. towards, to 7. Xiang (Chinese surname)

Here: reciprocally, mutually

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dāng

1. when, just at, during 2. to be, to serve as, to act as 3. to manage, to withstand 4. to take one's turn 5. ought, should 6. current 7. to face, to turn towards 8. to match equally, to equal, to be equal to 9. to treat something/someone as

Here: to match equally, to equal, to be equal to

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