How to Say ‘Do you understand?’ in Simplified Chinese
你懂不懂？
nǐ dǒng bù dǒng
[nǐ dǒng bù dǒng]
💬 Usage Tip: 懂不懂 is a common A-not-A pattern for yes/no questions: verb + 不 + same verb. You can reuse it with other verbs, like 去不去？ 'Are you going or not?'
Phrase Breakdown
你
nǐ
[nǐ]
you
The person being addressed.
你懂得中文吗？
Do you understand Chinese?
懂
dǒng
[dǒng]
understand
Referring again to comprehension.
你能再说一次吗？我不懂。
Can you say it again? I don't understand.
不
bù
[bù]
not
A negation word.
这不是真的。
This is not true.
懂
dǒng
[dǒng]
understand
Referring again to comprehension.
你能再说一次吗？我不懂。
Can you say it again? I don't understand.
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