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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

每 měi
each, every
radical 80 ⽏ · 7 strokes
当 dāng
appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
radical 58 ⼹ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “whenever”

WordPinyinMeaning
每逢měi féngevery time; on each occasion
无论何时 (無論何時)wú lùn hé shíwhenever
多咱duō zan(dialect) when?; what time?

Related words

Other words that share a character with 每当.

WordPinyinMeaning
每个 (每個)měi geeach; every
每天měi tiānevery day
每年měi niánevery year; each year
每次měi cìeach time; every time
每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
每周 (每週)měi zhōuevery week
当时 (當時)dāng shíthen; at that time
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly 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.

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