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

• 熟读(熟讀) to read and re-read something until one is familiar with it
• 异读(異讀) variant pronunciation
• 审读(審讀) to read (a draft) / to review
• 破读(破讀) pronunciation of a character other than the standard / broken reading
• 读破(讀破) to read extensively and thoroughly ; nonstandard pronunciation
• 读谱(讀譜) to read a score / to read music
• 三读会(三讀會) three readings of legislation
• 读音(讀音) pronunciation
• 朗读(朗讀) to read aloud / read loudly and clearly
• 白读(白讀) colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 拼读(拼讀) to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling / (phonics) blending
• 折节读书(折節讀書) to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit
• 失读症(失讀症) dyslexia / alexia
• 错读(錯讀) to mispronounce
• 借读(借讀) to attend school on a temporary basis
• 读书人(讀書人) a scholar / an intellectual
• 精读(精讀) intensive reading / to peruse / perusal
• 以飨读者(以饗讀者) for the benefit of the reader
• 诵读(誦讀) to read aloud
• 一读会(一讀會) the first stage in considering legislation
• 研读(研讀) to study attentively (a book) / to delve into
• 行万里路胜读万卷书(行萬里路勝讀萬捲書) to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
• 行万里路，读万卷书(行萬里路，讀萬卷書) Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world.
• 读写能力(讀寫能力) literacy
• 耕读(耕讀) to be both a farmer and a scholar / to work the land and also undertake academic studies
• 读诵(讀誦) to read aloud / to recite
• 连读(連讀) liaison (in phonetics)
• 泛读(泛讀) extensive reading
• 略读(略讀) to read cursorily / to skim through
• 展读(展讀) to open [a book] and read
• 课外读物(課外讀物) extracurricular reading material
• 工读(工讀) (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)
• 可读音性(可讀音性) pronounceability
• 判读(判讀) to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)
• 易读(易讀) legible / readable
• 重读(重讀) stress (on a syllable)
• 拜读(拜讀) (polite) to read (sth)
• 读懂(讀懂) to read and understand
• 读书机(讀書機) audio-output reading machine
• 三读(三讀) the three stages of legislation
• 捧读(捧讀) to read (honorific: e.g. your distinguished article)
• 速读(速讀) speed reading

Also contained in

读出 、 元音失读 、 高密度只读光盘 、 转读 、 统读 、 读卖新闻 、 读取 、 阅读器 、 唯读

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• 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
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 上读 (上讀) 上讀其書 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《黥布列傳》 Biography of Qing Bu — 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
• 王读 (王讀) 乃出詔書為王讀之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《吳王濞列傳》 Biographies of Pi, the Prince of Wu — count: 3