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知道

zhī dào

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

知道 (zhī dào) means "to know; to become aware of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 知道 means

1. to know; to become aware of
2. also pr. zhī dao

The characters in 知道

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

Example sentences

• 谁知道？
  Who knows?
• 我知道。
  I know.
• 想知道？
  Want to know?
• 不知道。
  Don't know.
• 我不知道。
  I have no idea.
• 想要知道？
  Want to know?

Words starting with 知道

• 知道了zhī dào leOK!; Got it!

Words containing 知道

• 谁知道shéi zhī dàoGod knows...; Who would have imagined...?
• 哪知道nǎ zhī dàowho would have thought that ...?
• 百度知道Bǎi dù Zhī daoBaidu Zhidao, online Q&A forum

Where 知道 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication and Information (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhī dào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.