不明白 [－－－]

Jyutping bat1 ming4 baak6
Pinyin bù ming2bái

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to not understand [written]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我不明白为什么你这么批评他。
    我不明白為什麼你這麼批評他。
    wǒ bù míng bái wèi shén me nǐ zhè me pī píng tā 。
    • I can't understand why you are so critical of him.
  2. Mandarin
    我不明白。
    我不明白。
    wǒ bù míng bái 。
    • I don't get it.
    • I couldn't get it.
    • I do not understand.
    • I don't understand.
    • I don't get the point.
  3. Mandarin
    教授不明白我说了甚么。
    教授不明白我說了甚麼。
    jiào shòu bù míng bái wǒ shuō le shèn me 。
    • The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.
  4. Mandarin
    我完全不明白他为甚么会突然辞职。
    我完全不明白他為甚麼會突然辭職。
    wǒ wán quán bù míng bái tā wèi shèn me huì tū rán cí zhí 。
    • I don't know at all why he quit his job suddenly.
    • I haven't got a clue as to why he quit so suddenly.
  5. Mandarin
    我不明白你想说甚么。
    我不明白你想說甚麼。
    wǒ bù míng bái nǐ xiǎng shuō shèn me 。
    • I have no idea what you mean.
    • I don't understand what you're trying to say.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    不是我不明白，我只是不想说。
    不是我不明白，我只是不想説。
    bù shì wǒ bù míng bái ， wǒ zhǐ shì bù xiǎng shuō ．
    • It's not that I don't know; it's just that I don't want to say it.