(dǒng) - to understand, to comprehend in Mandarin

dǒng

Traditional: 懂

HSK 3

#380 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to understand, to comprehend

Word origin

懂 is a phono-semantic compound: 忄/心 (the heart radical) gives the meaning, the mind grasping something, and 董 (dǒng) supplies the sound. It means 'to understand, to comprehend'.

Origin: phono-semantic compound
Root: 忄 (xīn, heart radical) + 董 (dǒng, phonetic)

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懂

Examples

？

Do you understand what I mean?

。

I don't understand what he means.

。

You'll understand gradually.

。

I do not understand what you mean.

。

The child has finally become sensible.

懂 (dǒng) - to understand, to comprehend.

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This word is part of lesson 8.