易懂 (yì dǒng) — easy to understand; straightforward; comprehens… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

easy to understandstraightforwardcomprehensible

Examples

，易懂。
Zhè běn shū nèi róng jiǎn dān, hěn yì dǒng.
This book has simple content and is very easy to understand.
易懂，。
Zhè piān shuō míng xiě dé fēi cháng yì dǒng, rén rén dōu néng míng bai.
This instruction manual is written very clearly and everyone can understand it.
易懂，。
Tā de jiě shì qīng xī yì dǒng, wǒ yí xià zi jiù dǒng le.
His explanation was clear and easy to understand, and I got it right away.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

懂dǒngunderstand

易 means easy and 懂 means understand, so it describes something easy to understand.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The early form of 易 was a drawing of a filled container, not a chameleon. It showed something full that could be given out.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

董

董dǒng懂dǒng

Same sound today

懂 is built from 心, the heart, and 董, which gives the sound.

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