把……当作……

bǎ...dàngzuò...

Treat/regard... as... (把……当作……)

把……当作…… means “treat/regard A as B.” The person or thing being viewed goes after 把; the role or identity goes after 当作.

Anchor example

我把这里当作自己的家。

Wǒ bǎ zhèlǐ dàngzuò zìjǐ de jiā.

I treat this place as my own home.

HSK 3

1 structures

10 exercises

Lesson summary

把……当作…… means “treat/regard A as B.” The person or thing being viewed goes after 把; the role or identity goes after 当作.

Explanation

把……当作…… means “treat/regard A as B.” The person or thing being viewed goes after 把; the role or identity goes after 当作. Use it when the sentence needs this exact logical relation, not just because the English or Vietnamese translation sounds similar. Keep the key marker in its normal position and make the two parts semantically connected. Common mistakes include dropping the second marker, reversing the order, or using the pattern for unrelated ideas.

Structure Patterns

1 structures

Grammar pattern

把……当作……

把……当作…… means “treat/regard A as B.” The person or thing being viewed goes after 把; the role or identity goes after 当作.

他把老师当作朋友。

Tā bǎ lǎoshī dàngzuò péngyou.

He treats the teacher as a friend.

别把问题当作麻烦。

Bié bǎ wèntí dàngzuò máfan.

Do not treat the problem as trouble.

她把学习中文一种习惯。

Common Mistakes

Using 把 without the required following structure.keep the full pattern 把……当作…….
the marker only works clearly inside its full frame.
Translating word by word and changing Chinese word order.follow the Chinese pattern 把……当作…….
Chinese marks the relation through fixed positions.

Usage Notes

Core pattern: 把……当作…….
Keep the part after the key marker close to it; do not move it to the end of the sentence.
Examples and exercises use practical HSK1-3 vocabulary where possible.

Practice

10 exercises

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Fill in the blank:

我___这里当作自己的家。