懂 (dǒng)

 

懂 (dǒng) means ‘to understand or to comprehend’.

It’s often used in this sentence structure: verb + 得 + 懂。

 

For example: 听得懂 (tīng de dǒng) means to understand what someone has said. To negate the phrase, just replace 得 (de) with 不 (bù), meaning no or not, like this: verb + 不 + 懂。 This sentence pattern has limited uses and is only really used with these examples.

 

 懂 (dǒng) is also used with a verb: For example:

 

读懂 (dú dǒng) = to read and understand

 

易懂 (yì dǒng) = easy to understand

 

难懂 (nán dǒng) = difficult to understand