诵 (誦) sòng

1. sòng verb to recite; to read aloud; to recite from memory
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 诵 is the same as 背诵, emphasing memorization, or 朗诵, emphasizing performance, in this sense (GHC '诵' 1, 3). 誦：諷也。 'sòng: to recite.' (Shuo Wen, yán Radical 說文解字‧言部) 讀：誦書也。 'Dú: to recite a text.' (Shuo Wen, yán Radical 說文解字‧言部) For example, 俱誦墨經 'all repeated the texts of Mo' (Zhuangzi, Tian Xia 莊子‧天下) Also, in the Diamond sūtra, 受持讀誦此經 'receive, retain, read and recite this sūtra' (T 235)
2. sòng verb to recount; to narrate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 诵 is the same as 陈述 or 述说 in this sense (GHC '诵' 2).
3. sòng noun a poem
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 诵 is the same as 诗篇 in this sense (GHC '诵' 4).

Contained in

• 朗诵(朗誦) to recite
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 讽诵(諷誦) to recite
• 传诵(傳誦) widely known; on everyone's lips
• 唱诵(唱誦) to recite; to chant
• 弦诵不辍(弦誦不輟) incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems
• 念诵(念誦) to read out; to recite
• 默诵佛号(默誦佛號) to chant the names of Buddha
• 歌诵(歌誦) to recite a poem ; to read aloud
• 诵说(誦說) reciting and explaining
• 告诵(告誦) to tell; to inform
• 背诵(背誦) to recite; to repeat from memory
• 诵读(誦讀) to read aloud
• 成诵(成誦) to recite from memory
• 记诵(記誦) to recite from memory
• 吟诵(吟誦) to recite; to chant

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李诵 、 联诵

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• 卷六十三 列傳第三十三 邵續 李矩 段匹磾 魏浚 郭默 Volume 63 Biographies 33: Shao Xu; Li Ju; Duan Pidi; Wei Jun Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 25
• 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 9
• 卷五十一　志第三十二:　選舉一 進士諸科律科 經童科 制舉 武舉 試學士院官 司天、醫學試科 Volume 51 Treatises 32: Selection of Officials 1 - Jinshi in all Subjects and Legal Articles; Children Passing Examinations; Processes for Selecting Talented People; Successful Candidates in the Military Examinations; Institutions Administering Examinations; Astronomy Bureau; Examinations for Medicine History of Jin 金史 — count: 9
• 卷63 王肅 宋弁 Volume 63: Wang Su, Song Bian Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 8
• 卷三十　　列傳第十八:　盧玄 盧柔 盧觀 盧同 盧誕 Volume 30 Biographies 18: Lu Xuan, Lu Rou, Lu Guan, Lu Tong, Lu Dan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 8
• 卷82 李琰之 祖瑩 常景 Volume 82: Li Yanzhi, Zu Ying, Chang Jing Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 7
• 卷四十二　列傳第三十:　　王肅 劉芳 常爽 Volume 42 Biographies 30: Wang Su, Liu Fang, Chang Shuang History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 7
• 卷一百五十六 志第一百〇九 選舉二 Volume 156 Treatises 109: Selection and appointment of Officials 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 卷七十六　列傳第六十六 隱逸下 Volume 76 Biographies 66: Recluses 2 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 7
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 7

Collocations

• 诵诗 (誦詩) 誦詩三百 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 11
• 工诵 (工誦) 工誦箴諫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 诵圣 (誦聖) 後世誦聖 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 诵习 (誦習) 循誦習傳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 4
• 诵箴谏 (誦箴諫) 工誦箴諫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 讲诵 (講誦) 孔子講誦弦歌不衰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孔子世家》 House of Confucius — count: 4
• 称诵 (稱誦) 左右未有所稱誦 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平原君虞卿列傳》 Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing — count: 3
• 能诵 (能誦) 智者弗能誦 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 3
• 群臣诵 (群臣誦) 群臣誦功 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 3
• 作诵 (作誦) 家父作誦 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧節南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Jie Nan Shan — count: 3