bù​dǒng

not to understand

  • created sense approved 不懂 · bù​dǒng · not to understand — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不懂

    bù​dǒng

    not to understand

    Not to understand or comprehend; used to indicate a lack of understanding regarding a person, matter, or concept.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 懂 (literal) → 懂 · dǒng · to understand

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 不懂 · bù​dǒng · [inability to understand] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不懂

    bù​dǒng

    [inability to understand]

    Used after a verb to show that the result of that action does not lead to understanding, such as in the phrases [[听不懂|聽不懂|ting1 bu5 dong3]] or [[看不懂|看不懂|kan4 bu5 dong3]]

    不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 懂 (literal) → 懂 · dǒng · to understand

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense