當下

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See also: 当下

Chinese

to act as; represent; equal
to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
trad. (當下) 當 下
simp. (当下) 当 下

Pronunciation

Adverb

當下

  1. (literary) immediately
  2. (Hakka) at that time; at the time

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 馬上 (“immediately; at once”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 馬上, 立刻, 立即, 即時, 即刻, 隨即, 迅即, 立時, 當下, 當即, 登時, 頓時, 眼看
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 馬上, 立時刻, 立馬兒, 跟時, 跟手兒
Taiwan 馬上, 立刻
Harbin 馬上, 立刻亮兒
Malaysia 馬上
Singapore 馬上, 立刻
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 跟著, 馬上, 眼看著
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 眼看, 當下, 說聲兒
Wanrong 馬上
Xi'an 馬上
Xining 眼看
Xuzhou 馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 馬上, 眼看
Lanzhou 馬上, 立馬
Ürümqi 馬上, 立馬兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬
Wuhan 馬上, 接身, 眼看
Guiyang 馬上, 立馬
Guilin 馬上
Liuzhou 馬上
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 馬即, 馬上
Yangzhou 馬上
Hefei 馬上
Cantonese Guangzhou 即刻, 即時, 登時, 當堂
Hong Kong 即刻, 立即, 即時, 當堂
Taishan 即刻, 當下
Dongguan 即午, 馬上
Yangjiang 跟手
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 即刻
Singapore (Guangfu) 即刻
Gan Nanchang 馬上, 仰上
Lichuan 馬上, 即刻
Pingxiang 馬上
Hakka Meixian 即刻, 即時, 馬上, 黏時, 力曆
Yudu 馬上
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 黏皮, 黏時, 跈等, 馬上
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 黏時, 跈緊, 跈核, 登時, 馬上
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 黏時, 跈等, 馬上
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 黏時, 隨
Huizhou Jixi 當時
Shexian 馬上
Huangshan (Tunxi) 馬上
Xiuning 馬上
Yixian 即刻
Qimen 馬上
Wuyuan 馬上
Jin Taiyuan 跟手, 立馬, 立時三刻
Xinzhou 眼看
Northern Min Jian'ou 馬上
Eastern Min Fuzhou 此刻, 馬上, 連刻
Southern Min Xiamen 連鞭, 隨, 隨時, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
Quanzhou 連鞭, 隨, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
Jinjiang 隨時
Zhangzhou 連鞭, 隨, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
Taipei 連鞭, 隨時, 即時
Singapore (Hokkien) 馬上
Manila (Hokkien) 隨, 隨隨, 隨時
Chaozhou 隨時, 馬上, 即時
Shantou 馬上
Jieyang 隨時, 靈時
Singapore (Teochew) 馬上
Leizhou 當下, 即時
Haikou 即刻, 登場
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 馬上, 即刻
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 馬上, 即刻
Wu Shanghai 馬上, 即刻, 隨即, 立刻, 立時, 頓時, 歇歇, 立時三刻, 臨時豁腳, 立馬造橋
Shanghai (Chongming) 眼看
Suzhou 馬上
Danyang 跟手
Hangzhou 立馬兒
Ningbo 隨手
Wenzhou 馬上, 馬上馬, 隨手, 肇
Jinhua 馬上
Xiang Changsha 馬上, 𪐀噠
Loudi 馬下
Shuangfeng 馬上
  • (at that time):

Noun

當下

  1. the present
    那您對當下的局勢有什麼看法？ [MSC, trad.]
    那您对当下的局势有什么看法？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nà nín duì dāngxià de júshì yǒu shénme kànfǎ?
    So what do you think of the current situation?

Adjective

當下

  1. contemporary; modern
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