看懂

kàndǒng
to understand what one is reading or watching

CEDICT

to understand (when reading or looking at something)

Wiktionary

Examples

他能看懂俄语。

He can read in Russian.

Source: Tatoeba

我能看懂德语，但不会说。

I can read German, but I can't speak it.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

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 懂 dǒng
  1. to understand
  2. to comprehend