知道 zhīdao▶ saber; conocer

Stroke order

知道 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 知 — 8 strokes
• 道 — 12 strokes

Example sentences

• 我知道你的名字。Wǒ zhīdao nǐ de míngzi.I know your name.
• 他不知道这件事情。Tā bù zhīdao zhè jiàn shìqing.He does not know about this matter.

Related words

• 街道Calle
• 味道gusto
• 知识conocimiento
• 通知aviso; notar
• 道歉disculparse
• 难道podría decirse que

知道 is pronounced zhīdao and means “saber; conocer”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 知道 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.