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The Cantonese word lei gaai - 理解 - lei5 gaai2
(to understand in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

lei5 gaai2

English translations

to understand, understanding,
to comprehend, comprehension, to figure out, to catch on

Chinese characters:

理解
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理解 (lei5 gaai2) is composed of these characters: 理, 解
The traditional Chinese characters of lei5 gaai2 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

reason  |  also: to explain
 
More words that mean to understand in Cantonese
dung2 ( 懂 ), dung2 dak1 ( 懂得 ), jing6 sik1 ( 认识 ), liu5 gaai2 ( 了解 ), loeng6 ( 谅 ), ming4 ( 明 )
More words that mean understanding in Cantonese
jing6 sik1 ( 认识 ), liu5 gaai2 ( 了解 )

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