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明白

míng bai

HSK 3 2-character word

What 明白 means

1. clear; obvious; unequivocal
2. sensible; reasonable
3. to understand; to realize

The characters in 明白

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure

Example sentences

• 明白。
  I understand.
• 不明白。
  I don't understand.
• 明白了。
  I got it.
• 我明白。
  I get it.
• 我不明白。
  I don't get it.
• 你不明白。
  You don't understand.

Words containing 明白

• 弄明白nòng míng baito figure out how to do something
• 放着明白装糊涂fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tuto pretend not to know (idiom)
• 揣着明白装糊涂chuāi zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tuto pretend to not know; to play dumb