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dong1 · dong3

to be · to act as · manage

Frequency Band 22 Written Forms

Meanings

dong1

  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. just at
  16. to serve as
  17. to bear responsibility
  18. to be in charge of
  19. to match
  20. that very (a time interval such as day
  21. night
  22. year)
  23. at the time of
  24. in front of
  25. to undertake

dong3

  1. right
  2. trap
  3. trick
  4. pawn
  5. to regard as
  6. to pawn
  7. thought
  8. fit
  9. proper
  10. safe
  11. appropriate
  12. to treat as

Written Forms

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