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dǒng
HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. to understand
  2. 2. to comprehend

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2182379)

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Words Containing 懂

弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng

to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)

懵懵懂懂
měng měng dǒng dǒng

confused

懂事
dǒng shì

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world

半懂不懂
bàn dǒng bù dǒng

to not fully understand

难懂
nán dǒng

difficult to understand

懂得
dǒng de

to understand; to know; to comprehend

读懂
dú dǒng

to read and understand

懵懂
měng dǒng

confused

通俗易懂
tōng sú yì dǒng

easy to understand

自懂事以来
zì dǒng shì yǐ lái

for as long as one can remember

弄懂
nòng dǒng

to make sense of

弄不懂
nòng bu dǒng

unable to make sense of (sth)

完全懂得
wán quán dǒng de

to understand completely

搞不懂
gǎo bu dǒng

unable to make sense of (sth)

不懂装懂
bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng

to pretend to understand when you don't

听得懂
tīng de dǒng

to understand (by hearing)

易懂
yì dǒng

easy to understand

听懂
tīng dǒng

to understand (on hearing)

可懂度
kě dǒng dù

intelligibility

懂眼
dǒng yǎn

(coll.) to know the ropes

似懂非懂
sì dǒng fēi dǒng

to not really understand

聪明一世,懵懂一时
cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí

see 聰明一世,糊塗一時|聪明一世,糊涂一时[cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí]

秒懂
miǎo dǒng

to understand instantly

懂行
dǒng háng

to know the ropes

懂局
dǒng jú

to know the business

看懂
kàn dǒng

to understand what one is reading or watching

听不懂
tīng bu dǒng

unable to make sense of what one is hearing

看不懂
kàn bu dǒng

unable to make sense of what one is looking at