Chinese symbol for “whenever”
每当
měi dāng
Traditional: 每當
whenever; every time
The closest CC-CEDICT match for whenever is 每当 (měi dāng), defined as: whenever; every time.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “whenever”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 每逢 | měi féng | every time; on each occasion |
| 无论何时 (無論何時) | wú lùn hé shí | whenever |
| 多咱 | duō zan | (dialect) when?; what time? |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 每当.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 每个 (每個) | měi ge | each; every |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
| 每次 | měi cì | each time; every time |
| 每日 | měi rì | daily; (soup etc) of the day |
| 每周 (每週) | měi zhōu | every week |
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “whenever”.
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.