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Act as in Chinese

to act as · HSK 4

当 dāng

我长大以后想当医生。 I want to be a doctor when I grow up.

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How do you say act as in Chinese?

Act as in Chinese is 当 (dāng). You can also say 做 (zuò), 为 (wéi).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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