听懂

聽懂

tīngdǒng

verb

Meanings

1 to understand (what one hears)
2 to catch (what is spoken)

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Examples

我能听懂普通话，但说不流利。

Wǒ néng tīngdǒng Pǔtōnghuà, dàn shuō bù liúlì.

I can understand Mandarin but I don't speak it fluently.

这句话你听懂了吗？

Zhè jù huà nǐ tīngdǒng le ma?

Did you understand that sentence?

Tips

grammar

Resultative compound: 听 (listen) + 懂 (understand) = successfully understood by listening. Potential forms: 听得懂 (able to understand), 听不懂 (unable to understand). Parallel to 看懂 for reading.

Stroke Order

听 tīng

懂 dǒng