读

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Example sentences

• 他在读大学。

  Tā zài dú dà xué

  He is in college.

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• 我想读。

  Wǒ xiǎng dú

  I want to read it.

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• 现在读这个。

  Xiàn zài dú zhè ge

  Read this now.

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• 我在读书。

  Wǒ zài dú shū

  I'm reading.

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Words containing 读

• 读dú 2to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
• 读书dú shū 2–1 to read a book; to study; to attend school
• 读音dú yīn 2–1 pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 读者dú zhě 2–3 reader
• 阅读yuè dú 4–2 to read; reading
• 朗读lǎng dú 3–2 to read aloud
• 解读jiě dú 3–2 to decipher; to decode; to interpret
• 宣读xuān dú 1–2 to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
• 就读jiù dú 4–2 to go to school
• 攻读gōng dú 1–2 to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
• 默读mò dú 4–2 to read in silence
• 读dòu 4comma; phrase marked by pause