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读

dú

HSK 1 Character Traditional 讀

What 读 means

1. to read out; to read aloud
2. to read
3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
4. to pronounce

Other readings

读 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dòucomma; phrase marked by pause

Example sentences

• 读！
  Read!
• 读书。
  Read.
• 我想读。
  I want to read it.
• 读好书。
  Read good books.
• 拿本书读！
  Take a book and read it.
• 再读一遍。
  Read it once more.

Words starting with 读

• 读书dú shūto read a book; to study; to attend school
• 读者dú zhěreader
• 读物dú wùreading material
• 读音dú yīnpronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 读写dú xiěreading and writing
• 读书人dú shū rénscholar; intellectual
• 读出dú chūto read out loud; (computing) to read (data); readout (of a scientific instrument)
• 读取dú qǔ(of a computer etc) to read (data)
• 读本dú běnreader; an instructional book
• 读报dú bàoto read newspapers
• 读法dú fǎpronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)
• 读经dú jīngto study the Confucian classics; to read scriptures or canonical texts
• 读后感dú hòu gǎnimpression of a book; opinion expressed in a book review
• 读书会dú shū huìstudy group
• 读心dú xīnto read sb's mind
• 读数dú shùreading; data from meter
• 读研dú yánto attend graduate school
• 读破dú pòto read extensively and thoroughly; nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character…
• 读头dú tóureading head (e.g. in tape deck)
• 读卡器dú kǎ qìcard reader
• 读书机dú shū jīaudio-output reading machine
• 读写能力dú xiě néng lìliteracy
• 读卖新闻Dú mài Xīn wénYomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
• 读破句dú pò jùincorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point

Words containing 读

• 阅读yuè dúto read; reading
• 朗读lǎng dúto read aloud
• 就读jiù dúto go to school
• 解读jiě dúto decipher; to decode; to interpret
• 攻读gōng dúto major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
• 复读fù dúto return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as…
• 宣读xuān dúto read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
• 精读jīng dúto read carefully and thoroughly; intensive reading
• 导读dǎo dúguide (e.g. book or other printed material)
• 重读zhòng dústress (on a syllable)
• 诵读sòng dúto read aloud
• 研读yán dúto study attentively (a book); to delve into
• 熟读shú dúto read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
• 通读tōng dúto read through
• 拜读bài dú(polite) to read (sth)
• 陪读péi dúto accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas…
• 可读kě dúenjoyable to read; worth reading; readable; able to be read; legible; readable
• 可读性kě dú xìngreadability
• 半工半读bàn gōng bàn dúpart work, part study; work-study program
• 住读zhù dúto attend boarding school
• 修读xiū dúto study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)
• 共读gòng dúshared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc); to engage in shared reading
• 判读pàn dúto interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)…
• 只读zhǐ dú(computing) read-only

Characters built on 卖

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 牍dúdocuments
• 黩dúblacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟dúcabinet; case; casket

Characters that look like 读

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

• 埃āidust; dirt; angstrom
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 诶xīsigh (to express regret)
• 俟qíused in 万俟
• 涸héto dry; to dry up

Sounds the same

Read dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 独alone; independent; single
• 毒poison; to poison; poisonous
• 渎disrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 犊calf; sacrificial victim
• 牍documents
• 髑used in 髑髅
• 黩blacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟cabinet; case; casket
• 㱩abortion; stillborn
• 𮙋to murmur; to slander
• 贕still-born chick (in unhatched egg); variant of 㱩
• 韣bow case