bù dǒng

Translation

  • not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension

Examples

  • 我真的不懂这个问题。
    I truly do not understand the question.
  • 我看不懂法语。
    I cannot read French.
  • 我父亲一点也不懂艺术。
    My father is far from artistic.
  • 怎么会有人认为不懂英语就不能生存?
    Why do they say you have to learn English to survive?
  • 我完全听不懂他说的话。
    I did not understand him at all.
  • 婴儿不懂得分是非黑白。
    A baby has no knowledge of good and evil.
  • 你们这些家伙真不懂事。
    You guys are totally clueless.
  • 两年前我完全不懂得打篮球。
    Two years ago I could not play basketball at all.
  • 我完全看不懂
    That was all Greek to me.
Chinese Tones