Chinese

懂得

/tʊŋ²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
to know; to understand; to grasp
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese懂 “to understand; to comprehend”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
    • soundChinese董 “to supervise, inspect”
      • meaningChinese艸 “grass”
      • soundChinese重 “heavy”
        • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
        • soundChinese東 “east”
  • characterChinese得 “to get; to obtain; to gain, to acquire”

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