What 当事人 means
- persons involved or implicated
- party (to an affair)
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What does 当事人 mean in English?
当事人 is pronounced dāngshìrén and means persons involved or implicated, party (to an affair).
How do you pronounce 当事人?
当事人 is dāngshìrén in pinyin — written dangshiren without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 当事人?
当事人 is written with 3 characters: 当 (dāng / dàng) Should (facing - when - act as - equal); Appropriate (assume), 事 (shì) Matter (thing - accident - trouble - responsibility - job), 人 (rén) Person (people). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 当事人 written in traditional Chinese?
當事人. The simplified form 当事人 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 當事人 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dāngshìrén.
Is 当事人 an HSK word?
Yes — 当事人 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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