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理解

lǐ jiě

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

理解 (lǐ jiě) means "to comprehend; to understand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 理解 means

1. to comprehend; to understand

The characters in 理解

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split

Example sentences

• 能理解？
  Understand?
• 我不理解你
  I do not understand you.
• 我能理解！
  I understand!
• 不难理解。
  It's not hard to understand.
• 他能理解。
  He understands.
• 她能理解。
  She understands.

Words starting with 理解

• 理解力lǐ jiě lìability to grasp ideas; understanding

Words containing 理解

• 易理解yì lǐ jiěeasy to grasp; easily understood
• 难以理解nán yǐ lǐ jiěhard to understand; incomprehensible
• 听力理解tīng lì lǐ jiělistening comprehension
• 阅读理解yuè dú lǐ jiěreading comprehension

Where 理解 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Attitudes & opinions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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