湯姆怎麼能不懂？

How can Tom not understand that?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
=3 能 Néng surname Neng
=3 能 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=3 能 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
=3 能 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=3 能 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=3 能 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=3 能 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=3 能 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
4 不懂 bùdǒng
  1. (as a verbal complement) unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
  2. to not understand
  3. unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot