看不懂 meaning in English

kànbudǒng

unable to make sense of what one is looking at

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Meaning of 看不懂

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kànbudǒng
  1. unable to make sense of what one is looking at

看不懂 in example sentences

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

我wǒ完wán全quán看kàn不bù懂dǒng。
That was all Greek to me.
我wǒ看kàn不bù懂dǒng法fǎ语yǔ。
I can't read French.
我wǒ看kàn不bù懂dǒng。
I don't understand what I'm looking at.
她tā给gěi我wǒ打dǎ了le一yí个gè看kàn不bù懂dǒng的de手shǒu势shì。
She gave me a hand gesture I didn't understand.
我wǒ完wán全quán看kàn不bù懂dǒng爱ài因yīn斯sī坦tǎn的de相xiāng对duì性xìng理lǐ论lùn。
Einstein's theory of relativity is Greek to me.

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看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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懂 dǒng · to understand · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 看不懂.

看到kàndàoto see
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely

Questions about 看不懂

What does 看不懂 mean?

看不懂 (kànbudǒng) means "unable to make sense of what one is looking at".

How do you write 看不懂?

看不懂 is made of 3 characters: 看 (9 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 懂 (15 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.