读 (讀) dú

1. dú verb to read
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 阅读 (Guoyu '讀' v 2; Unihan '讀')
2. dú verb to investigate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 研究 (Guoyu '讀' v 3)
3. dú verb to pronounce; to read aloud
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 唸 (Guoyu '讀' v 1; Unihan '讀')
4. dòu noun comma; phrase marked by pause
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Same as 逗 (Guoyu '讀' dòu)

Contained in

• 工读学校(工讀學校) reformatory; reform school
• 读写(讀寫) reading and writing
• 易读(易讀) legible; readable
• 精读(精讀) intensive reading; to peruse; perusal
• 课外读物(課外讀物) extracurricular reading material
• 可读音性(可讀音性) pronounceability
• 审读(審讀) to read (a draft); to review
• 宣读(宣讀) to read out
• 工读(工讀) (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 错读(錯讀) to mispronounce
• 阅读时间(閱讀時間) viewing time
• 连读(連讀) liaison (in phonetics)
• 讽读(諷讀) to chant
• 读书(讀書) to study; to read
• 读书人(讀書人) a scholar; an intellectual
• 借读(借讀) to attend school on a temporary basis
• 捧读(捧讀) to read (honorific: e.g. your distinguished article)
• 三读(三讀) the three stages of legislation
• 攻读(攻讀) to study assidiously; to major
• 拼读(拼讀) to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling; (phonics) blending
• 读音(讀音) pronunciation
• 文读(文讀) literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 读书会(讀書會) a book club; a study group
• 失读症(失讀症) dyslexia; alexia
• 解读(解讀) to decypher; to decode ; to explain
• 陪读(陪讀) to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas
• 可擦写可编程只读存储器(可擦寫可編程只讀存儲器) EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
• 读者(讀者) a reader
• 音读(音讀) reading or phonetic value of a character
• 读心术(讀心術) mind reading (in psychology or Western magic)
• 三读会(三讀會) three readings of legislation
• 破读(破讀) pronunciation of a character other than the standard; broken reading
• 走读(走讀) to attend school as a day student
• 读研(讀研) to attend graduate school
• 试读(試讀) to read a sample chapter of a book; to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis; to attend classes on a trial basis
• 折节读书(折節讀書) to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit
• 拜读(拜讀) (polite) to read (sth)
• 白读(白讀) colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 重读(重讀) stress (on a syllable)
• 耕读(耕讀) to be both a farmer and a scholar; to work the land and also undertake academic studies
• 读物(讀物) reading material
• 判读(判讀) to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)
• 读头(讀頭) reading head (e.g. in tape deck)

Also contained in

读入 、 统读 、 阅读器 、 只读 、 计算机可读 、 元音失读 、 阅读装置

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Truncated for common words

• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 73
• 卷一百六十二 志第一百十五 職官二 Volume 162 Treatises 115: Offical Posts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 50
• 卷二百十二 表第三 宰輔三 Volume 212 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
• 卷五十五 志第三十一 禮九 Volume 55 Treatises 31: Rites 9 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 《女部》 Nǚ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 29
• 《卷七‧木部》 Scroll 7, Mù Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 28
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 27
• 《走部》 Zǒu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 26
• 卷三十七　志第十八:　禮十 冊皇后儀 奉冊皇太后儀 冊皇太子儀 正旦生日皇太子受賀儀 皇太子與百官相見儀 Volume 37 Treatises 18: Rites 10 - Ceremony for Conferring Title of Empress; Ceremony for Reverence to Empress Dowager; Ceremony for Conferring Title of Crown Prince; Ceremony for Birth of a Crown Prince; Ceremony for Crown Prince to Receive Officials History of Jin 金史 — count: 23
• 卷七十三 志第四十九 職官二 Volume 73 Treatises 49: Official Posts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 22

Collocations

• 读曰 (讀曰) 讀曰太 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 26
• 余读 (餘讀) 余讀諜記 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《表‧三代世表》 Tables - Genealogical Table of the Three Ages — count: 10
• 孔子读 (孔子讀) 孔子讀易至損 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 5
• 繇读 (繇讀) 繇讀與由同 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十三 異姓諸侯王表 Volume 13: Table of nobles not related to the imperial clan 1 — count: 5
• 太史公读 (太史公讀) 太史公讀春秋歷譜諜 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords — count: 4
• 读易 (讀易) 孔子讀易至損 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 4
• 读秦 (讀秦) 吾讀秦紀 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 3
• 读史记 (讀史記) 周太史伯陽讀史記曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou — count: 3
• 伯读 (伯讀) 伯讀曰霸 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十三 異姓諸侯王表 Volume 13: Table of nobles not related to the imperial clan 1 — count: 3
• 读春秋 (讀春秋) 太史公讀春秋歷譜諜 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords — count: 3