Chinese Word of the Day

读
dú

reading

Definitions

Chinese > English
读
1. Simplified form of 讀
讀	dú
1. to read (silently); to peruse
Synonyms: 看
讀書 - to read; reading
閱讀 - to read
這篇文章值得de 一讀。 - This article is worth reading.
2. to read aloud; to read out
朗讀 - to read aloud
有.邊.讀.邊，沒邊讀中間 - read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side
二讀 - second reading (of a bill)
3. to study
讀大學 - to study at a university
讀會wui6計 - to study accounting
4. to pronounce (a character, a word, etc.)
Synonyms: 唸
這個字怎麼讀？ - How do you pronounce this character?
5. pronunciation
讀音 - pronunciation (of characters)
異讀 - variant pronunciation
文讀 - literary reading
6. short pause in reading; part of a sentence; clause
句讀dòu - periods and commas, sentences and clauses
Chinese > Chinese
读
1. (正字;讀)
English > Chinese
reading
1. (#if:阅读)
2. 度数
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