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读书
讀書
dúshū
1. to read a book
2. to study
3. to attend school
Very Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown

读
dú
to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce
HSK 1 10 丶
书
shū
book, letter, document; writing
HSK 1 4 丶

Compound Words (4)

读书人
dúshūrén
scholar
读书会
dúshūhuì
study group
读书机
dúshūjī
audio-output reading machine
折节读书
zhéjiédúshū
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
4,864 of 84,292