當

你有冇當我係朋友呀？

nei5 jau5 mou5 dong3 ngo5 hai6 pang4 jau5 aa3?

Have you ever considered me to be your friend?

呢個婆婆為咗尋親，當咗佢媽媽臨死前留畀佢對手鈪，先有錢喺報紙落廣告。

ni1 go3 po4 po2 wai6 zo2 cam4 can1, dong3 zo2 keoi5 maa4 maa1 lam4 sei2 cin4 lau4 bei2 keoi5 deoi3 sau2 ngaak2, sin1 jau5 cin2 hai2 bou3 zi2 lok6 gwong2 gou3.

In trying to seek out her lost relatives, this old lady pawned the bracelet form her late mother, so as to afford an ad in the newspaper.

當面

face-to-face

當著眾人的面訓斥孩子

to scold one's child in front of everyone

當窗理雲鬢，對鏡帖花黃。

不敢當

I really don't deserve this.

當之無愧

to merit the reward; to be deserving

當權

to hold power

讓我來當你的助手吧。

Let me be your assistant.

門當戶對

to be well-matched in terms of socio-economic status (for purposes of marriage)

當天

that day

當我五歲時，我的母親突然得病身亡。

When I was five, my mother suddenly fell ill and died.

當場

on the spot

《易》之興也，其當殷之末世，周之盛德邪？當文王與紂之事邪？

Was it not in the last age of Yin, when the virtue of Gou had reached its highest point, and during the troubles between king Wen and (the tyrant) Gou, that the (study of the Yi) began to flourish?

雲長提華雄之頭，擲於地上，其酒當溫。

Yunchang's wine was still warm when he threw Hua Xiong's head on the ground.

於諸侯之約，大王當王關中，關中民咸知之。

By the covenant made with vassals, you should be the king in Guanzhong; all people of Guanzhong knew this.

言亂極當治，天必將使夫子得位設教，不久失位也。

恰當

appropriate

把寵物當自己的孩子養

to raise one's pets like one's children

你從不把我當自己人。

You never treat me like one of your own.

你真當我不知道麼？

You really think I don't know?

當了手錶

to have pawned a watch

上當

to be taken in

螳臂當車

to overrate oneself and try to hold back an overwhelming force

一身轉戰三千里，一劍曾當百萬師。

當天

that very day

你～我唔知咩？

～佢冇

一個人～十個人用

得～

用詞不～

我～佢係自己嘅仔

冇錢就～野

～鋪

～票

斷～

過期不贖則物歸當鋪