Chinese symbol for “equivalent”
当量
dāng liàng
Traditional: 當量
equivalent; yield
The closest CC-CEDICT match for equivalent is 当量 (dāng liàng), defined as: equivalent; yield.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “equivalent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 等效 | děng xiào | equivalent; equal in effect |
| 相等 | xiāng děng | equal; equally |
| 等价 (等價) | děng jià | equal; equal in value |
| 对等 (對等) | duì děng | equal in status; on an equal footing; of equal standing (esp. between two parties); equivalent; commensurate; matching (in value, level etc) |
| 对应词 (對應詞) | duì yìng cí | (linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 当量.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 当年 (當年) | dāng nián | in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “equivalent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.