晓 (xiǎo) — (bound form) dawn, daybreak; (bound form) to know, to understand
Definition
As a bound morpheme, 晓 combines with 揭 (揭晓) for 'announce / be revealed' and with 破 (破晓) for 'daybreak'. The 'know' sense in 通晓 / 晓得 means a thorough grasp, stronger than 知道.
bound form
(bound form) dawndaybreak(bound form) to knowto understand
Examples
- 。Wǒ xiǎo de zhè jiàn shì de jīng guò.I know the details of this matter.
- 晓，。Tiān kuài xiǎo le, wǒ men chū fā ba.It's almost dawn, let's set off.
- 。Bǐ sài jié guǒ yǐ jīng jiē xiǎo le.The competition results have been announced.
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