看懂
kàn dǒng
Pinyin

Definition

看懂
 - 
kàn dǒng
  1. to understand what one is reading or watching

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

看
kān
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to take care of
  3. 3 to watch
  4. 4 to guard
看看
kàn kan
  1. 1 to take a look at
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 (coll.) pretty soon
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
懂
dǒng
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to comprehend
懂得
dǒng de
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to comprehend

Idioms (12)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
吃着碗里，看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
  1. 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
  2. 2 not content with what one already has
  3. 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. 1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

Sample Sentences

我已经给他做过水平测试了。语法和阅读还不错。中级的语法，比如："把"，"虽然……但是......"这些都懂。200字左右的对话也可以看懂。
wǒ yǐjīng gěi tā zuò guo shuǐpíng cèshì le 。yǔfǎ hé yuèdú hái bùcuò 。zhōngjí de yǔfǎ ，bǐrú ："bǎ "，"suīrán ……dànshì ......"zhèxiē dōu dǒng 。liǎng bǎi zì zuǒyòu de duìhuà yě kěyǐ kàn dǒng 。
I already gave him a level test. His grammar and reading are pretty good. He knows intermediate grammar stuff like: “bǎ” , “suǐrán ... dānshì ...”, that kind of stuff. He also can read a 200 character dialogue.
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