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How to Say ‘I don't really understand it’ in Traditional Chinese

我看不太懂

wǒ kàn bù tài dǒng

[waw kahn bù tie dohng]

💬 Usage Tip: Put 不 between a verb and its result to say you can't manage it: 看不懂 "can't make sense of it (by reading)", 聽不懂 "can't understand (by listening)". Adding 太 softens it to "not quite".

Phrase Breakdown

我看

wǒ kàn

I look / I read

我 (wǒ) means 'I' and 看 (kàn) means 'look' or 'read'.

Example

我看書。

I read books.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[waw]

I; me

The first-person pronoun used to refer to yourself.

Example

我想安排明天的見面時間。

I want to arrange tomorrow's meeting time.

看

kàn

[kahn]

to look; to see

Often used after 給 to mean showing something for others to see.

Example

這些照片我先給你們看。

I'll show you these photos first.

不太懂

bù tài dǒng

don't quite understand

不太 (bú tài) means 'not very'. 懂 (dǒng) means 'understand'. 不 changes to the second tone before the fourth-tone 太.

Example

我不太懂你的意思。

I don't quite understand what you mean.

Words in this phrase

不

bù

[bù]

not

Used to express negation, denial, or refusal.

Example

他不想去參加晚會。

He doesn't want to attend the party.

太

tài

[tie]

too; very

Used to emphasize degree, often meaning too or extremely.

Example

今天來的人太多了，現場非常熱鬧。

There are too many people here today, and the event is very lively.

懂

dǒng

[dohng]

understand

Means to understand or comprehend something.

Example

現在我懂了。

Now I understand.

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