知道 (zhīdào) means To know (be aware of). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
你 知道 他的电话吗？
Nǐ zhīdào tā de diànhuà ma?
Do you know his phone number?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 知道
这件事情你 知道 吗？
Zhè jiàn shìqing nǐ zhīdào ma?
Do you know about this matter?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 事情
去火车站的路我 知道 。
Qù huǒchēzhàn de lù wǒ zhīdào.
I know the way to the train station.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 路
你 知道 他为什么没来吗？
Nǐ zhīdào tā wèishénme méi lái ma?
Do you know why he didn't come?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 为什么
From the graded readers
我 知道 我生病了。
wǒ zhīdào wǒ shēngbìng le / liǎo / liào.
I knew I was ill.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
明天天气会好吗？我不 知道 。
míngtiān tiānqì huì hǎo / hào mǎ? wǒ bùzhī dào.
Will the weather be good tomorrow? I don't know.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
我 知道 他是为我好，可是我还是辞职了。
wǒ zhīdào tā shì wèi / wéi wǒ hǎo / hào, kěshì wǒ háishì cízhí le / liǎo / liào.
I knew he meant well, but I resigned anyway.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我们站在那里，忽然都不 知道 说什么好。
wǒmen zhàn zài nàli, hūrán dōu bùzhī dào shuō shénme hǎo / hào.
We stood there and suddenly neither of us knew what to say.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
我这才 知道 ，真正尊重你的人，不会因为一次拒绝就离开。
wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.
That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
重要的是我 知道 了：紧张不可怕，可怕的是因为紧张就不上台。
zhòngyào de / dì shì wǒ zhīdào le / liǎo / liào: jǐnzhāng bùkě pà, kěpà de / dì shì yīnwèi jǐnzhāng jiù bù shàngtái.
What mattered was learning that nerves aren't the problem — not going on stage because of them is.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Questions about 知道
How is 知道 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 知道 (zhīdào, "To know (be aware of)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 知道 an HSK word?
Yes — 知道 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 知道?
The dictionary page for 知道 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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