(dǒng) - to understand, to comprehend in Mandarin
dǒngTraditional: 懂
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)
Stroke order
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.
Used in
Grammar articles
(5)Mandarin Complements: 得 for Manner, Directional Endings, and How to Attach a Result to a Verb
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
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