"你知道吗？"

Translation: Do you know?

[PauliusZen]

Could it also mean Do you understand ? or is it different?

[Swansae]

知道 can't be used for "understand". it's more like an identifying type of knowledge, like when talking about facts, such as "did you know he has a sister - 你知道他有妹妹吗？" rather than understanding concepts.

[josedopatrocinio]

Thanks

[Keith_APP]

understand = 明白, usually.

[braydenpriebe]

Understand is 懂 (dong3).

[Puyanx]

No. It's different

[_.-Merritt-._]

Do you understand is different.

[HiMeCriss]

Hmm, then what's up with 认识?

[Yeyo692206]

I think the difference between the two is similar to the Spanish "saber" and "conocer"; the former would be 知道 and the latter 认识.
I'm not a native Chinese speaker though.

[ph516503]

Is there a difference between 知道 and just 知? Chinese dictionary.org says that 知 means "to know, to be aware", so I'm wondering if/how adding 道 changes the meaning...

[Keith_APP]

There is no difference in meaning, but I think 知 without being followed by 道 in Mandarin only exists in idioms (e.g. 不知好歹). In Cantonese both 知 and 知道 are allowed though.

[ph516503]

Thanks Keith.

[richard711603]

I believe more vocabulary example should be provided in the tips. This would help us understand the different meanings of the character combinations.

[DavidTvedt]

I think "Do you know it?" is also acceptable in conversation

[Puyanx]

Don't you know?

[Celticfiddleguy]

Sort of... but I think (你)不知道(吗)? Would be more accurate for that. - 你 & 吗 could be omitted and "understood" in context

[ClayWhipp]

Since 知 and 道 both mean "know", why do we need both of them? I have a feeling this will keep coming up where two characters are used for a word when they both seem to mean the same thing.

[esraa86]

What's the difference between 知道 and 认识

[weichwieschnee]

Am I the only one who doesn't see how this makes sense in English? "Know" requires an object, "do you know?" is not something any native speaker would ever say. "Don't you know?" maybe as a phrase, but not "do you know?".

Instead we would say "do you know xyz thing/(how to) verb/person/place/etc". And I've looked at the meaning of 知道, yet it still doesn't make sense to me in English.

[akshra2120]

Why their 认识 not come.

[jad498154]

知 is it pronouced as dje? I have problem with pronounciation please help

[TheSweenz]

Do people also unnecessarily add this to the end of their sentences like in English and French?

[TerenceHua1]

Do you know and do you know this is both the same. They also have the same meaning. Do uou know this must be accepted because they both are the same people.

[Cats777]

Do u no de wae?

[TerenceHua1]

What every you said has nothing to do with duolingo

[AdrianaPet343568]

Yes.
THIS IS THE WAY

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[Soreq1]

Duo knows da wae

[_.-Merritt-._]

kinda? xD

[RixMorales]

Isn't "are you aware" the same with "do you know?"

[GKOU82]

This seems grammatically wrong. Is this a normal question in Chinese? Do you know "what"? What exactly are you asking?

[_.-Merritt-._]

No, I'm Chinese and when I'm asking someone if they know something I usually say "Do you know...........".

[Keith_APP]

That may not be a very good translation, yet the Chinese sentence is absolutely a viable one.

Examples:
你不应该欺负你弟弟的。你知道吗？
You should not bully your younger brother. Do you understand?.
你知道吗？约翰给开除了!
Have you heard about it? John has been fired!

[TathagatSingh]

Do you know da wae （道）？

[orsettus]

i answered correctly but duolingo told i failed...what's going on?

[Laura537831]

Doyouknowdawei?

[the1best]

I had " did you know" and duo marked me wrong!! BOO DUO!!

[ThreeDollar]

That's because you were wrong.