懂 meaning in English

dǒng

to understand; to comprehend

HSK 2verb15 strokes

Meaning of 懂

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǒng

to understand
to comprehend

How to use 懂

懂 is very often attached to a verb of perceiving to show whether you understood, as in 听懂 (tīngdǒng) and 看不懂 (kànbudǒng). It also stands alone in questions and answers. Example: 你懂吗？ (Nǐ dǒng ma?) Do you understand?

懂 has the heart radical 忄 on the left and 董 (dǒng) on the right, which gives the sound. Picture your heart finally taking in something: when it reaches the heart, you understand it.

Common mistake: Learners often say 我不听懂 to mean "I don't understand what I hear." The correct form puts 不 in the middle: 我听不懂 (wǒ tīngbudǒng).

懂 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

如rú果guǒ你nǐ有yǒu什shén么me不bù懂dǒng的de就jiù问wèn啊a。

If there is something you don't understand, then ask.

这zhè里lǐ有yǒu医yī生shēng懂dǒng说shuō日rì文wén吗ma？

Is there a doctor here who speaks Japanese?

我wǒ完wán全quán听tīng不bù懂dǒng他tā说shuō的de话huà。

I did not understand him at all.

你nǐ们men这zhè些xiē家jiā伙huo真zhēn不bù懂dǒng事shì。

You guys are totally clueless.

这zhè里lǐ面miàn我wǒ有yǒu很hěn多duō不bù懂dǒng的de。

I don't understand much about it.

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懂 dǒng · to understand · 15 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 懂.

懂得	dǒngde	to understand; to know; to comprehend
懂事	dǒngshì	to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (es
听不懂	tīngbudǒng	unable to make sense of what one is hearing
听懂	tīngdǒng	to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
搞不懂	gǎobudǒng	unable to make sense of (sth)
看不懂	kànbudǒng	unable to make sense of what one is looking at
听得懂	tīngdedǒng	to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)
读懂	dúdǒng	to read and understand
难懂	nándǒng	difficult to understand
弄懂	nòngdǒng	to make sense of; to grasp the meaning of

Questions about 懂

What does 懂 mean?

懂 (dǒng) means "to understand; to comprehend" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 懂?

懂 is made of 1 character: 懂 (15 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 懂 an HSK word?

Yes. 懂 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 懂 and 知道?

懂 means you understand the meaning or how something works. 知道 (zhīdào) means you know a fact or have information. You 知道 his name, but you 懂 what he is saying.

What does 懂事 mean when describing a child?

懂事 (dǒngshì) praises someone, often a child, for being sensible and considerate beyond their age. Parents say 这孩子很懂事 (zhè háizi hěn dǒngshì) to mean "this child is very sensible."