知道

zhī dào

HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 1 Verb Very common

Definitions

1. to know; to become aware of
2. also pr. [zhī dao]

Word relationships

Related words

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明白

míng bai

clear

When implying understanding or realization

Synonyms

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了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

When referring to being aware of facts or situations

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used with 怎么 (zěnme) to mean 'how to know', and 不 (bù) for 'do not know'.

Common mistakes

Not usually followed by a clause; use 知道 + noun/noun phrase, or 知道……吗 for questions.

Example Sentences

5 shown

我知道这件事。

I know about this matter.

我原先不知道这件事。

I didn't know about this matter originally.

現在，他們知道我們在這裏。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 12278573)

湯姆應該知道知道。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5698042)

我知道你知道我知道。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 765609)

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Words Containing 知道

哪知道

nǎ zhī dào

who would have thought that ...?

God knows...

If I had known earlier...

百度知道

bǎi dù zhī dao

Baidu Knows, online Q & A forum, zhidao.baidu.com

知道了

zhī dào le

OK!

Child Words of 知道

road

to know