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相当于

相當於
xiāngdāngyú
verb HSK 7 #25,551

Meanings

  1. 1 to be equivalent to
  2. 2 to amount to
  3. 3 to correspond to

Examples

一美元相当于七元人民币。
Yī měiyuán xiāngdāngyú qī yuán rénmínbì.
One US dollar is equivalent to seven RMB.
这相当于浪费了一整天。
Zhè xiāngdāngyú làngfèi le yī zhěng tiān.
This amounts to wasting a whole day.
他的收入相当于两个人的工资。
Tā de shōurù xiāngdāngyú liǎng gè rén de gōngzī.
His income is equivalent to the wages of two people.

Tips

usage
相当于 is used to draw equivalences. Don't confuse with 相当 (xiāngdāng) used alone as an adverb meaning 'quite/fairly': 相当好 (quite good).

Stroke Order

相 xiāng
当 dāng
于 yú