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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 当然

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
当然 dāng rán - only natural
- as it should be
- certainly
- of course
- without doubt

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 3 163 684 1,058

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
rán- correct
- right
- so
- thus
- like this
- -ly

Other Words Containing 当然

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
当然 3 3 163 684 1,058
理所当然 6 7 8,127 12,015 9,737
想当然 - - 20,473 34,531 31,074