似懂非懂

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	to understand; to know	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	to understand; to know
trad. (似懂非懂)		似	懂	非	懂
simp. #(似懂非懂)		似	懂	非	懂
Literally: “to seem to understand, but not to understand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìdǒngfēidǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìdǒngfēidǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhdǒngfeidǒng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tung³-fei¹-tung³
    • Yale: sz̀-dǔng-fēi-dǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhdoongfeidoong
    • Palladius: сыдунфэйдун (sydunfɛjdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²
    • Yale: chíh dúng fēi dúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ dung² féi¹ dung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ tʊŋ³⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

似懂非懂

1. to not really understand; to half-understand

Synonyms

• 一知半解 (yīzhībànjiě)