HSK 6 · Verbs

领悟 lǐngwù “to comprehend” in Chinese

Traditional 領悟

What 领悟 means

  1. to comprehend
  2. to realise
  3. to grasp
  4. to understand

How to say 领悟

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale领lǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale悟wù4th tone, falling

领悟 in a sentence

  1. 这个道理我过了很多年才领悟。

    Zhè ge dàoli wǒ guò le hěn duō nián cái lǐngwù.

    It took me many years to grasp this truth.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他很快就领悟了老师的意思。

    Tā hěn kuài jiù lǐngwù le lǎoshī de yìsi.

    He quickly understood what the teacher meant.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 领悟 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 领 (lǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
领lǐngneck
  • 令command · língSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐng.

The character 悟 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
悟wùto comprehend
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 吾I · wúSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 吾 (wú) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.

How to write 领悟

领 11 strokes · 悟 10 strokes

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领悟 (lǐngwù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 领悟 (lǐngwù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 领悟

Words with 领

领导lǐngdǎo · leader本领běnlǐng · skill领域lǐngyù · domain系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie领土lǐngtǔ · territory领会lǐnghuì · to understand带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead率领shuàilǐng · to lead纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles

Words with 悟

觉悟juéwù · awareness恍然大悟huǎngrándàwù · to suddenly realise

More words: Thinking & Talking

联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)理睬lǐcǎi · to pay attention to列举lièjǔ · to list领会lǐnghuì · to understand流露liúlù · to reveal留神liúshén · to be careful理智lǐzhì · reason论证lùnzhèng · to prove

FAQs

领悟 (lǐngwù) means “to comprehend” or “to realise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǐngwù: lǐng with a 3rd tone, then wù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 领悟 is written 領悟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lingwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 领悟 from the suggestions. Typing lingwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
领悟 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.