看不懂

kànbùdǒng

to not understand (when reading, viewing or watching)

Wiktionary

Homographs

看不懂 kànbudǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at

Examples

我看不懂法语。

I cannot read French.

Source: Tatoeba

她给我打了一个看不懂的手势。

She gave me a hand gesture I didn't understand.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=1 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
2 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