Tom couldn't understand why no one else wanted to go to the zoo.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
想不通
unable to understand
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
unable to understand
02
unable to get over
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 想不通 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 想不通.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 想不通.
Directly before
- 汤姆想不通1
- 我想不通1
- 他想不通1
- 实在想不通1
Directly after
- 想不通为啥1
- 想不通他1
- 想不通这事1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 想不通
What does 想不通 mean in Chinese?
想不通 (xiǎngbutōng) means unable to understand.
How do you pronounce 想不通?
想不通 is pronounced xiǎngbutōng.
Is 想不通 an HSK word?
想不通 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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