懂事 meaning in English

dǒngshì

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent

HSK 7-923 strokes

Meaning of 懂事

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǒngshì

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world
(esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent

懂事 in example sentences

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

他tā已yǐ经jīng长zhǎng大dà该gāi懂dǒng事shì了le。

He is old enough to know better.

在zài你nǐ这zhè个ge年nián纪jì你nǐ应yīng该gāi要yào更gèng懂dǒng事shì。

You ought to know better at your age.

她tā年nián纪jì够gòu大dà该gāi懂dǒng事shì了le。

She is old enough to know better.

我wǒ觉jué得de你nǐ是shì时shí候hòu该gāi懂dǒng事shì了le。

I think it's time for you to grow up.

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.

Stroke order for each character

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懂 dǒng · to understand · 15 strokes

事 shì · matter · 8 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 懂事.

没事儿	méishìr	to have spare time; free from work
事情	shìqing	affair; matter; thing; business
故事	gùshi	old practice
好事	hǎoshì	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity
同事	tóngshì	colleague; co-worker
懂得	dǒngde	to understand; to know; to comprehend
事实	shìshí	fact
事实上	shìshíshang	in fact; in reality
事件	shìjiàn	incident; event
事业	shìyè	undertaking; project
事故	shìgù	accident
本事	běnshi	source material; original story

Questions about 懂事

What does 懂事 mean?

懂事 (dǒngshì) means "to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent".

How do you write 懂事?

懂事 is made of 2 characters: 懂 (15 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 懂事 an HSK word?

Yes. 懂事 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.