你懂的

Chinese

		you	to understand; to know	affirmative particle
trad. (你懂的)		你	懂	的
simp. #(你懂的)		你	懂	的
alternative forms		你懂得 nonstandard
Literally: “I'm sure that you understand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐdǒngde

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ dung² dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐdǒngde [Phonetic: nídǒngde]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐdǒngde̊
    • Wade–Giles: ni³-tung³-tê⁵
    • Yale: nǐ-dǔng-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niidoong.de
    • Palladius: нидундэ (nidundɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ dung² dik¹
    • Yale: néih dúng dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ dung² dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ dung² dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ tʊŋ³⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

Phrase

你懂的

1. if you know what I mean; you know

   和樓主同行的還有一對男女可忽略，可能會和他們一起去分開玩，你懂的。 [MSC, trad.]
   和楼主同行的还有一对男女可忽略，可能会和他们一起去分开玩，你懂的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hé lóuzhǔ tóngxíng de háiyǒu yī duì nánnǚ kě hūlüè, kěnéng huì hé tāmen yīqǐ qù fēnkāi wán, nǐdǒngde. [Pinyin]

   There is a couple also going on the trip with me (the poster). However, they can be ignored, since we will probably go there together but tour separately, you know what I mean.

   • 記者：「我們注意到現在外面有很多關於前中央政治局委員周永康的一些消息和報導，我不知道發言人對這個事情有沒有什麼可以透露的？」
     呂新華：「我們所說的不論是什麼人不論其職位有多高，只要是觸犯了黨紀國法，都要受到嚴肅的追查和嚴厲的懲處，絕不是一句空話。我只能回答成這樣了，你懂的。」 [MSC, trad.]
     记者：「我们注意到现在外面有很多关于前中央政治局委员周永康的一些消息和报导，我不知道发言人对这个事情有没有什么可以透露的？」
     吕新华：「我们所说的不论是什么人不论其职位有多高，只要是触犯了党纪国法，都要受到严肃的追查和严厉的惩处，绝不是一句空话。我只能回答成这样了，你懂的。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014, Spokesperson Lü Xinhua's response to Zhou Yongkang's case

     Jìzhě: “Wǒmen zhùyì dào xiànzài wàimiàn yǒu hěnduō guānyú qián zhōngyāng zhèngzhìjú wěiyuán Zhōu Yǒngkāng de yīxiē xiāoxī hé bàodǎo, wǒ bù zhīdào fāyánrén duì zhège shìqíng yǒu méiyǒu shénme kěyǐ tòulù de?”
     Lǚ Xīnhuá: “Wǒmen suǒ shuō de bùlùn shì shénme rén bùlùn qí zhíwèi yǒu duō gāo, zhǐyào shì chùfàn le dǎngjì guófǎ, dōu yào shòudào yánsù de zhuīchá hé yánlì de chéngchǔ, jué bùshì yī jù kōnghuà. Wǒ zhǐnéng huídá chéng zhèyàng le, nǐdǒngde.” [Pinyin]

     Journalist: "We noticed that there are currently a lot of (unconfirmed) news and reports about the former Politburo member Zhou Yongkang in the media. I'm not sure - is there anything the spokesperson would like to disclose regarding this?"
     Lü Xinhua: "As we said, anyone who violates the party's discipline and the state law will be seriously investigated and punished, no matter who he is or how high ranking he is. This is definitely not an empty statement. That is all I could tell you, if you know what I mean."

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 你明嘅
• 懂的都懂, 懂得都懂, (Cantonese) 明嘅就明