See 似懂非懂 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "似懂非懂",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to seem to understand, but not to understand",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Mind",
"orig": "zh:Mind",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to not really understand; to half-understand"
],
"id": "en-似懂非懂-zh-phrase-u45iW3FC",
"links": [
[
"really",
"really"
],
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"half",
"half"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yīzhībànjiě",
"word": "一知半解"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìdǒngfēidǒng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ci⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìdǒngfēidǒng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìhdǒngfeidǒng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ssŭ⁴-tung³-fei¹-tung³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sz̀-dǔng-fēi-dǔng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "syhdoongfeidoong"
},
{
"roman": "sydunfɛjdun",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сыдунфэйдун"
},
{
"ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ci⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chíh dúng fēi dúng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsi⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "qi⁵ dung² féi¹ dung²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiː¹³ tʊŋ³⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "似懂非懂"
}
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "似懂非懂",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to seem to understand, but not to understand",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 似",
"Chinese terms spelled with 懂",
"Chinese terms spelled with 非",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"zh:Mind"
],
"glosses": [
"to not really understand; to half-understand"
],
"links": [
[
"really",
"really"
],
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"half",
"half"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìdǒngfēidǒng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ci⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìdǒngfēidǒng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìhdǒngfeidǒng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ssŭ⁴-tung³-fei¹-tung³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sz̀-dǔng-fēi-dǔng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "syhdoongfeidoong"
},
{
"roman": "sydunfɛjdun",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сыдунфэйдун"
},
{
"ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ci⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chíh dúng fēi dúng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsi⁵ dung² fei¹ dung²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "qi⁵ dung² féi¹ dung²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiː¹³ tʊŋ³⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yīzhībànjiě",
"word": "一知半解"
}
],
"word": "似懂非懂"
}
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