读

The character "读" has 10 strokes. "读" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "读" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "读" are "dú" "dòu" . View the stroke order of "读">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "读"

n.: slight pause in reading to mark the end of a phrase, clause, or sentence

v.: read aloud/out; read; attend school; study; be pronounced in a certain way

• read : v.读；阅读；检查并记录…上的数字；攻读；学习；复制；转移；收听到；听见（无线电发射机里的说话者）的话；理解
• attend school : 入学；上学；就学
• study : n.学习；攻读；研究；调查；探讨；书房；书斋；习作；试作；试画；化身；榜样；模范

Form words with "读"

读脚本 read a script

读大学 study at a university;attend university

读学位 study for a degree

读文学 study literature

读课文 read a text

读私塾 study at private school

读译本 read a book in translation

读游记 read travels

Example phrases using "读"

• 我还没有读来信，不了解其内容。

  I haven’t read the letter yet and so I’m unaware of its contents.

• 读了那首诗，她陷入无限的愁思。

  She sank/fell into a state of profound melancholy on reading that poem.

• 戏还可以，但我还是喜欢读原作。

  The play’s OK, but I still prefer the book.

• 旅途中他靠读小说来打发时间。

  He whiled away his time/killed time by reading novels during his trip.

• 这本书你读进去了就会觉得很有趣。

  The book is interesting once you get into it.

• 这本书读起来令人欲罢不能。

  The book is compulsive and you can’t help going on reading.

• 读了她的信，我的心情久久不能平静。

  I couldn’t calm myself down long after I read her letter.

• 读研究生时，我们三人合用一间宿舍。

  When we were in the graduate school, three of us shared one dormitory.

• 经他一改，读起来顺口多了。

  It is much easier to read after his revision.

• 这份报告读起来干巴乏味。

  This report makes rather dry reading.