Understand in Chinese
to understand · HSK 2
懂
这个问题我不懂。 I don't understand this question.
Other ways to say understand
How do you say understand in Chinese?
Understand in Chinese is 懂 (dǒng). You can also say 懂得 (dǒng de), 了解 (liǎo jiě), 明白 (míng bai), 理解 (lǐ jiě).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.