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Jyutping hon3 dung2
Pinyin kàn dǒng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to understand what one is reading or watching
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to understand (when reading or looking at something)
    (syn.) 会读, 會曉學, 会晓学, 會讀, 看得懂
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我能看懂德语,但不会说。
    我能看懂德語,但不會説。
    wǒ néng kàn dǒng dé yǔ , dàn bù huì shuō 。
    • I can read German, but I can't speak it.
  2. Mandarin
    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。
    湯姆是為了能夠看懂古蘭經的原文才去開始學習阿拉伯語的。
    tāng mǔ shì wèi le néng gòu kàn dǒng gǔ lán jīng de yuán wén cái qù kāi shǐ xué xí ā lā bó yǔ de 。
    • Tom wanted to be able to read the original Quran and solely for that reason he started learning Arabic.
  3. Mandarin
    他能看懂俄语。
    他能看懂俄語。
    tā néng kàn dǒng é yǔ 。
    • He can read in Russian.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我们可以大声疾呼,而不要隐晦曲折,使人民大众不易看懂。
    我們可以大聲疾呼,而不要隱晦曲折,使人民大眾不易看懂。
    wǒ men kě yǐ dà shēng jí hū , ér bù yào yǐn huì qū zhé , shǐ rén mín dà zhòng bù yì kàn dǒng .
    • Here we can shout at the top of our voices and have no need for veiled and roundabout expressions, which are hard for the people to understand.