当, dàng

Meaning: to treat as, to regard as, to think

HSK 5 word

Example

我一直把他当好朋友。

Wǒ yìzhí bǎ tā dàng hǎo péngyou.

I've always thought of him as a good friend.

Also written 当: dāng, “to act as” (HSK 4).

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