Chinese word dictionary

弄懂

nòng dǒng · to make sense of; to grasp the meaning of; to figure out

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Word information

Simplified弄懂

Traditional弄懂

Pinyinnòng dǒng

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

弄nòng

to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

懂dǒng

to understand, to know

How to learn 弄懂

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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懂得dǒngde

to understand; to know; to comprehend

嘲弄cháonòng

to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of

懂事dǒngshì

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent

弄虚作假nòngxū-zuòjiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

玩弄wánnòng

to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to

里弄lǐ lòng

lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families