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懂 dǒng

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懂 dǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǒng | dong3
English translation
to understand
to comprehend
to understand, to know

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About 懂 dǒng

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HSK level

2

Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

懂 dǒng

Contains the radical

忄 xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mind

Etymology of 懂 dǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰忄董

Semantic compound

忄 xīn

Phonetic compound

董 Dǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 xīn represents the meaning and 董 Dǒng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 懂 dǒng

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他 tā 开动 kāi dòng 脑筋 nǎo jīn ,想 xiǎng 弄 lòng 懂 dǒng 这个 zhè ge 问题 wèntí .

His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

我 wǒ 对于 duìyú 你 nǐ 所 suǒ 讲 jiǎng 的 de 话 huà 一点儿 yīdiǎnr 也 Yě 不 bù 懂 dǒng .

I haven't the faintest notion what you're talking about.

直到 zhí dào 我 wǒ 看到这幅画 huà 的 de 说明 shuōmíng 才 cái 弄 lòng 懂 dǒng 其 qí 意思 yìsi .

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

你 nǐ 能 Néng 看 kān 懂 dǒng 他 tā 的 de 信 xìn 吗 mǎ ?

Can you make head or tail of his letter?

做 zuò 这 zhè 项 Xiàng 工作 gōngzuò 最好 zuìhǎo 能 Néng 懂 dǒng 点 diǎn 医学 yī xué .

For this job it is desirable to know something about medicine.

Words with 懂 dǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
懂 dǒng to understand懂 dǒng
懂得 dǒng de to know懂得 dǒng de
懂事 dǒng shì sensible懂事 dǒng shì
看懂 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching看懂 kàn dǒng
懵懂 měng dǒng confused懵懂 měng dǒng
懂行 dǒng háng to know the ropes懂行 dǒng háng
易懂 yì dǒng easy to understand易懂 yì dǒng
通俗易懂 tōng sú yì dǒng easy to understand通俗易懂 tōng sú yì dǒng
难懂 nán dǒng difficult to understand難懂
似懂非懂 sì dǒng fēi dǒng to not really understand似懂非懂 sì dǒng fēi dǒng
懵懵懂懂 měng měng dǒng dǒng confused懵懵懂懂 měng měng dǒng dǒng
不懂装懂 bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng to pretend to understand when you don't不懂裝懂
可懂度 kě dǒng dù intelligibility可懂度 kě dǒng dù

懂 dǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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懂 dǒng Decomposition

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