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看懂

kàn dǒng

2-character word

What 看懂 means

1. to understand what one is reading or watching

The characters in 看懂

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend

Example sentences

• 他能看懂俄语。
  He can read in Russian.
• 我能看懂德语，但不会说。
  I can read German, but I can't speak it.
• 汤姆是为了能够看懂古兰经的原文才去开始学习阿拉伯语的。
  Tāngmǔ shì wèile nénggòu kàn dǒng Gǔlánjīng de yuánwén cái qù kāishǐ xuéxí ālābóyǔ de.
  Tom wanted to be able to read the original Quran and solely for that reason he started learning Arabic.