Verb, Adj.to understand

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 明白.
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Character Breakdown

明白 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 明白 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 明白 with other words naturally.
Adjective + Verbwith简单
jiǎn
dān
míng
bái
neutral
simple and clear
Verb + Objectwith道理
míng
bái
dào
neutral
understand the reason
Adverb + Verbwith
hěn
míng
bái
neutral
very clear/understand
Verb + Complementwith
tīng
míng
bái
informalSpoken
cannot understand (from listening)

Example Sentences with 明白

míng
bái
I understand.
jīng
guò
duō
tǎo
lùn
jiā
cái
míng
bái
zhè
ge
fāng
àn
de
zhēn
zhèng
After several discussions, everyone finally understood the real intention of this plan.
míng
bái
wèi
shén
me
men
yào
qián
zhǔn
bèi
zhè
xiē
cái
liào
ma
Do you understand why we need to prepare these materials in advance?
míng
bái
zhè
ge
dào
He understands this principle.
wán
quán
míng
bái
wèi
shén
me
duì
fāng
huì
rán
gǎi
biàn
zhǔ
He completely doesn't understand why the other party suddenly changed their mind.
míng
bái
de
gǎn
shòu
dàn
men
zuò
chū
zhè
ge
jiān
nán
de
jué
dìng
I understand how you feel, but we must make this difficult decision.
jīng
guò
jiě
shì
zhōng
míng
bái
liǎo
shì
qíng
de
jīng
guò
After the explanation, I finally understood the course of events.
zhǐ
yǒu
shēn
fēn
shù
cái
néng
míng
bái
shì
chǎng
biàn
huà
de
zhēn
zhèng
yuán
yīn
Only by analyzing the data in depth can you understand the real reasons for the market changes.