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

• 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)
• 唔知 (Cantonese)
• 曉不得／晓不得
• 𣍐仈／𫧃仈 (mâ̤-báik) (Eastern Min)
• 毋知 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 毋知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 母雞／母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)

 

Antonyms

• 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)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道
• 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)