懂 dǒng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 董 to direct, to supervise
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
懂事
dǒngshì
sensible; mature; considerate
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 这个孩子比同龄人懂事，知道在家里遇到困难时主动分担。 Zhège háizi bǐ tónglíng rén dǒngshì, zhīdào zài jiālǐ yùdào kùnnán shí zhǔdòng fēndān. This child is more sensible than others of the same age and knows to share the burden when the family faces difficulties.
- 女儿很懂事，知道妈妈累了就主动做饭。 Nǚ'ér hěn dǒngshì, zhīdào māma lèi le jiù zhǔdòng zuòfàn. My daughter is very sensible; when she knows Mum is tired, she cooks on her own.
- 孩子长大了，越来越懂事了。 Háizi zhǎngdà le, yuè lái yuè dǒngshì le. The child has grown up and is becoming more and more sensible.
Related words
- 懂 dǒng to understand
- 懂得 dǒngde to understand; to know about
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 事 shì matter, thing; work
- 故事 gùshi story
- 好事 hǎoshì good deed; good thing
- 事情 shìqing matter; thing
- 同事 tóngshì coworker
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 事故 shìgù accident
- 事件 shìjiàn event; incident