读

Meaningdú(verb)

to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce

Examples

• 请大声读课文。

  qǐng dà shēng dú kè wén.

  Please read the text aloud.

• 我妹妹在读大学。

  wǒ mèi mei zài dú dà xué.

  My younger sister is in university.

• 这个字读什么？

  zhè ge zì dú shén me?

  How is this character pronounced?

Easily confused

• 看 — 读 is reading aloud or studying; silent reading is usually 看 (看书).

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Meaningdòu(verb)

comma; phrase marked by pause

Examples

• 老师教我们给古文加句读。

  lǎo shī jiào wǒ men gěi gǔ wén jiā jù dòu.

  The teacher taught us how to punctuate classical texts.

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