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明白
  ming4 baak6   jyutping
  ming2 bai5   pinyin
[1] to understand | []: also simply
[2] clear, obvious, evident

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: adjective

Level: 1   Google Frequency: 3,680,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
明白

This word has been viewed 6984 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 16th Nov 2014 05:46
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Characters in this word:

 ming4  -  bright, clear
 baak6  -  white; clear; pure

3 compounds containing this word:

不明白 - not clear; unknown; fail to understand
唔明白 - don't understand
Common Formations:
明明白白消費 - transparent consumption (lit., "clear expenses")

Showing all 4 examples containing 明白
detail 不明白
I don't understand
detail 係咪真係完全明白
Do you really understand everything?
detail 唔明白
There's something I don't understand.
detail audio 真係唔明白點解噉樣
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
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