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读
讀
dú
1.
to read
2.
to study
3.
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to [[拼音<pīnyīn>]]
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
拼读
pīndú
phonetic reading
住读
zhùdú
to attend boarding school
借读
jièdú
to attend school on a temporary basis
异读
yìdú
variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)
白读
báidú
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
研读
yándú
to study attentively (a book)
破读
pòdú
pronunciation of a character other than the standard
精读
jīngdú
intensive reading
统读
tǒngdú
standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985
耕读
gēngdú
to be both a farmer and a scholar
复读
fùdú
(of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)
解读
jiědú
to decipher
试读
shìdú
trial study
误读
wùdú
to misread
诵读
sòngdú
to read aloud
读取
dúqǔ
(of a computer etc) to read (data)
读报
dúbào
to read newspapers
读写
dúxiě
reading and writing
读懂
dúdǒng
to read and understand
读数
dúshù
reading
Example Sentences (2)
是啊，我觉得听和说还可以，读和写不好，很多字我都不知道什么意思。
Shì a, wǒ juéde tīng hé shuō hái kěyǐ, dú hé xiě bù hǎo, hěn duō zì wǒ dōu bù zhīdào shénme yìsi.
Yeah, I think listening and speaking are okay, but reading and writing are not good. I don't know what many characters mean.
Text 3
对不起，这个字我会读，不会写。
Duìbuqǐ, zhège zì wǒ huì dú, bú huì xiě.
Sorry, I can read this character, but I can't write it.
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 751
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,264 of 84,292