Chinese symbol for “understand”
了解
liǎo jiě
to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for understand is 了解 (liǎo jiě), defined as: to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “understand”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懂 | dǒng | to understand; to comprehend |
| 懂得 | dǒng de | to understand; to know; to comprehend |
| 理会 (理會) | lǐ huì | to understand; to pay attention to |
| 领会 (領會) | lǐng huì | to understand; to comprehend |
| 谅解 (諒解) | liàng jiě | to understand; to make allowances for |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 了解.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 为了 (為了) | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca |
| 不了 | bù le | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 解释 (解釋) | jiě shì | explanation; to explain |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate; to emancipate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “understand”.
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