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我听不懂。

I don’t understand what I’m hearing.
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

0/4 recalled Next: hear it cold. Continue next step

Scene

When to use it

Telling someone you cannot understand spoken Chinese yet.

Risk

safe

If you can hear the words but do not understand the idea, 我不明白 can also fit.

Literal

I listen not understand.

This phrase protects beginners in real conversations. It is more precise for listening problems than only saying 不懂.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 Sorry, I don’t understand what I’m hearing.
02 You’re speaking too fast. I don’t understand.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Do you understand?
B Sorry, I don’t understand what I’m hearing.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 I don’t understand spoken input.
02 I can’t understand what I’m reading.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 我听不懂 mean?

Answer: I don’t understand what I’m hearing.

听 points to listening.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 我听不懂。

Answer: wǒ tīng bu dǒng.

不 is often light inside this result-complement phrase.

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03 · Which phrase means you cannot understand written text?

Answer: 我看不懂。

看 points to reading or looking.

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