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

• 误读(誤讀) to misread; (fig.) to misunderstand; to misinterpret
• 精读课(精讀課) intensive reading course
• 重读(重讀) stress (on a syllable)
• 读会(讀會) reading legislation
• 失读症(失讀症) dyslexia; alexia
• 饱读(飽讀) to read intensively
• 耽读(耽讀) to diligently study
• 阅读(閱讀) to read; to read aloud
• 研读(研讀) to study attentively (a book); to delve into
• 句读(句讀) to punctuate a sentence ; sentences and phrases ; a pause
• 拼读(拼讀) to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling; (phonics) blending
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 读破(讀破) to read extensively and thoroughly ; nonstandard pronunciation
• 朗读(朗讀) to read aloud; read loudly and clearly
• 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
• 听君一席话，胜读十年书(聽君一席話，勝讀十年書) listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books
• 判读(判讀) to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)
• 攻读(攻讀) to study assidiously; to major
• 熟读(熟讀) to read and re-read something until one is familiar with it
• 以飨读者(以饗讀者) for the benefit of the reader
• 读书机(讀書機) audio-output reading machine
• 住读(住讀) to attend boarding school
• 读头(讀頭) reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
• 速读(速讀) speed reading
• 导读(導讀) to guide
• 读研(讀研) to attend graduate school
• 百读不厌(百讀不厭) to be worth reading a hundred times
• 工读(工讀) (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)
• 读破句(讀破句) incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
• 略读(略讀) to read cursorily; to skim through
• 读法(讀法) reading; pronunciation (of a Chinese character)
• 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)
• 默读(默讀) to read in silence
• 就读(就讀) to go to school
• 三读(三讀) the three stages of legislation
• 读报(讀報) to read newspapers
• 课外读物(課外讀物) extracurricular reading material
• 有声读物(有聲讀物) audiobook; recording of a person reading the text of a book
• 读书会(讀書會) a book club; a study group
• 复读生(復讀生) student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
• 读谱(讀譜) to read a score; to read music
• 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
• 好读书(好讀書) liked reading
• 读音错误(讀音錯誤) mistake of pronunciation

Also contained in

阅读装置 、 唯读 、 读经 、 读入 、 阅读器 、 只读 、 读卡器

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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: 14
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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