当事人

当事人 dāngshìrén

Persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)^†

当事人 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體當事人 dangshiren

What 当事人 means

Persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 当事人, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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当事人 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

当

dāng / dàng

Should (facing - when - act as - equal); Appropriate (assume)

事

shì

Matter (thing - accident - trouble - responsibility - job)

人

rén

Person (people)

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How to write 当事人

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当事人 in a sentence

这件事应该先听听当事人怎么说。

Zhè jiàn shì yīnggāi xiān tīngting dāngshìrén zěnme shuō.

We should first hear what the person involved has to say.

法官分别询问了双方当事人。

Fǎguān fēnbié xúnwèn le shuāngfāng dāngshìrén.

The judge questioned the parties on both sides separately.

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Questions about 当事人

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.

Studied around the same time

当初 dāngchū 当代 dāngdài 当面 dāngmiàn 当前 dāngqián 当务之急 dāngwùzhījí 当选 dāngxuǎn 党 dǎng 档案 dàng'àn

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