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诵

sòng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 誦

What 诵 means

1. to read aloud
2. to recite

Example sentences

• 我最讨厌背诵课文了。
  Wǒ zuì tǎoyàn bèisòng kèwén le.
  What I hate most of all is having to recite texts from memory.
• 他的女儿能背诵很多诗。
  Tā de nǚ'ér néng bèisòng hěn duō shī.
  His daughter is able to recite a lot of poems.

Words starting with 诵

• 诵读sòng dúto read aloud
• 诵经sòng jīngto chant the sutras
• 诵读困难症sòng dú kùn nan zhèngdyslexia

Words containing 诵

• 背诵bèi sòngto recite; to repeat from memory
• 朗诵lǎng sòngto read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
• 吟诵yín sòngto read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant
• 传诵chuán sòngwidely known; on everyone's lips
• 念诵niàn sòngto read out; to recite; to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
• 告诵gào sòngto tell; to inform
• 李诵Lǐ SòngLi Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 顺宗
• 联诵lián sòngliaison (in phonetics) (loanword)
• 默诵mò sòngto recite silently; to chant silently

Characters built on 甬

These share the phonetic component 甬 (yǒng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 踊yǒngleap

Characters that look like 诵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 诶xīsigh (to express regret)
• 俑yǒngwooden figures buried with the dead
• 诮qiàoridicule; to blame
• 谄chǎnto flatter; to cajole

Sounds the same

Read sòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 送to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
• 讼litigation
• 颂ode; eulogy; to praise in writing
• 𩠌(Cantonese) dish, usu. eaten with rice
• 宋surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋
• 吅variant of 讼
• 㮸variant of 送