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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

清楚 [qīngchu]
  1. 1. adjective clear
    发音清楚
    clear pronunciation
    头脑清楚
    clear-headed
  2. 2. verb understand
    这个问题你清楚吗?
    Do you understand this question?

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

清楚 [qīngchu]
  1. 1. clear; distinct; straight; transparent
    教授把这个原理解释得十分清楚
    他喝醉了,头脑不清楚
    播音员的发音十分清楚
    老师写在黑板上的字十分清楚
    他的话说得不清楚
    He didn't speak clearly. or What he said was ambiguous.
    头脑清楚
    a clear head
    发音清楚
    a clear pronunciation
    字迹清楚
    written in a clear hand
  2. 2. be clear about; understand
    没有人清楚他在做什么。
    你清不清楚你在讲什么?
    我真不清楚他为什么这样做。
    I really can't understand why he has done this.
    这个问题你清楚清楚?
    Do you understand this question or not?
  3. 3. clearly

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

清楚 [qīngchu]
  1. 1. (事物)清晰、明白、有条理,容易让人辨识和了解
    笔画很清楚
    口齿清楚
    把这件事解释清楚
  2. 2. 指对事物了解得透彻
    你对这事的利害得失很清楚
    调查清楚
  3. 3. 明白;了解
    我不太清楚他的情况。
  4. 4. 参见"明白"的提示。

Examples

这个问题你清楚清楚?
Do you understand this question or not? 清楚
不大清楚
not too clear 不大
我对这个问题不清楚,只能不赞一词。
I'm not clear about this matter, so I had better keep quiet. 不赞一词
这一事件使我们更清楚地懂得了问题的复杂性。
This incident brought home to us the complex nature of the problem. 懂得
清楚了再动笔。
Think it all out before you start writing. 动笔
这篇文章段落清楚
This article is well paragraphed. 段落
这事略有耳闻,详细情况不很清楚
I've heard a little about it, but I don't know the details. 耳闻
他发音不清楚
His articulation is poor. 发音
把道理讲清楚
state the reasons clearly
咱们得把情况摸清楚,要不回去就得交白卷。
We must find out exactly how things stand here, or we'll have nothing to report. 交白卷

Collocations

字迹清楚
clear handwriting
清楚明白
to have a clear mind
非常清楚
very clear
清楚地发现
to clearly discover something
交代清楚
to give clear-cut orders
头脑清楚
a clear mind
清楚
listen carefully
头脑清楚
a clear mind
清楚
to listen carefully

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