# 得当 (dédàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 得当 (dédàng) means “appropriate; suitable; proper”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: appropriate; suitable; proper
- Pinyin: dédàng (de2 dang4)
- Traditional: 得當
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他处理这件事非常得当。
  Tā chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì fēicháng dédàng.
  He handled this matter very appropriately.

## Characters

- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [当](https://hanziro.com/word/dang-when-during/) (dāng): when, during; to act as

https://hanziro.com/word/de-dang-appropriate/

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