dāng chéng
regard; treat as; take
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我把这本书当成了字典。
Wǒ bǎ zhè běn shū dāng chéng zì diǎn.
I mistook this book for a dictionary.
他把我当成了外国人。
Tā bǎ wǒ dāng chéng wài guó rén.
He mistook me for a foreigner.
我们把这个地方当成了家。
Wǒ men bǎ zhè ge dì fāng dāng chéng jiā.
We made this place our home.
视为 (shì wèi)
regard as
看作 (kàn zuò)
look at as
The Chinese word 当成 (dāngchéng) is a preposition that means "as", "to regard as", or "to consider as". It is composed of two characters: 当 (dāng), which means "to be in charge of", "to be responsible for", or "to be in accordance with", and 成 (chéng), which means "to become", "to form", or "to complete". Together, these two characters form the compound word 当成, which literally means "to be in charge of becoming" or "to be responsible for forming". In modern Chinese, 当成 is used to indicate that something is being regarded or considered as something else. For example, the sentence 我把你当成朋友 (wǒ bǎ nǐ dāngchéng péngyou) means "I regard you as a friend".
