懂事

Chinese

		to understand; to know	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (懂事)		懂	事
simp. #(懂事)		懂	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung² si⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): dung³ si⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tóng-sīr / tóng-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tung³-shih⁴
    • Yale: dǔng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doongshyh
    • Palladius: дунши (dunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung² si⁶
    • Yale: dúng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³⁵ siː²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: dung³ si⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóng-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tóng-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tóng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dofngsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/

Adjective

懂事

1. (usually said of a child) sensible; capable; good; thoughtful; smart; well-behaved

   一個懂事聽話的小孩 [MSC, trad.]
   一个懂事听话的小孩 [MSC, simp.]

   yī ge dǒngshì tīnghuà de xiǎohái [Pinyin]

   a good, sensible kid

   隔籬嘅小朋友好懂事。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   隔篱嘅小朋友好懂事。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaak³ lei⁴ ge³ siu² pang⁴ jau⁵ hou² dung² si⁶. [Jyutping]

   The child next door is very sensible.

Synonyms

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• 乖 (guāi)
• 儇 (Wu)
• 𠢕 (ghao⁵) (Teochew)
• 懂事體 / 懂事体 (Wu)
• 捌事 (báik-tâi) (Eastern Min)
• 明事理 (míngshìlǐ)
• 曉事 / 晓事 (xiǎoshì)
• 聽話 / 听话 (tīnghuà)
• 聽閒話 / 听闲话 (¹thin ⁶ghe-gho₆) (Northern Wu)