不懂

Chinese

		not; no	to understand; to know
trad. (不懂)		不	懂
simp. #(不懂)		不	懂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdǒng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tung³
    • Yale: bù-dǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budoong
    • Palladius: будун (budun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

不懂

1. to not understand

   不懂浪漫  ―  bùdǒng làngmàn  ―  to not understand romance; to be unromantic

2. (as a verbal complement) unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot

   看不懂  ―  kànbùdǒng  ―  can't read (and understand); can't understand (what's written)

   聽不懂／听不懂  ―  tīngbùdǒng  ―  can't understand (what's being said)

Synonyms

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• hak+nan-hbl:毋知
• nan-hbl+nan-tws:毋知影
• 不了解 (bù liǎojiě)
• 不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
• 不曉得 / 不晓得 (bù xiǎodé)
• 不知 (bùzhī)
• 不知道 (bù zhīdào)
• 不解 (bùjiě)
• 不通 (bùtōng)
• 伓知 (Puxian Min)
• 唔知 (Cantonese)
• 曉不得 / 晓不得
• 𣍐仈 / 𫧃仈 (mâ̤-báik) (Eastern Min)
• 母雞 / 母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)

Antonyms

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• nan-hbl+nan-tws:知影
• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道 (zhīdào)
• 覺 / 觉
• 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識 / 认识
• 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)

Derived terms

• 四六兒不懂 / 四六儿不懂 (sìliùr bùdǒng)
• 看不懂 (kànbùdǒng)
• 聽不懂 / 听不懂 (tīngbùdǒng)