读书

Character by character

• 读dú10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 讀read, study; pronounce
• 书shū4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 書book, letter, document; writings

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我在读书。

  Wǒ zài dú shū

  I'm reading.

  Listen

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 读书. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 书shūHSK 1

  book; letter; document; to write

• 读dúHSK 1

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

• 图书馆tú shū guǎnHSK 1

  library

• 阅读yuè dúHSK 4

  to read; reading

• 读者dú zhěHSK 3

  reader

• 秘书mì shūHSK 4

  secretary

• 证书zhèng shūHSK 5

  credentials; certificate

• 书面shū miànHSK 7

  in writing; written

• 书店shū diànHSK 1

  bookstore

• 图书tú shūHSK 6

  books (in a library or bookstore)

• 书籍shū jíHSK 7

  books; works

• 解读jiě dúHSK 7

  to decipher; to decode; to interpret

• 书房shū fángHSK 6

  study (room); studio

• 说明书shuō míng shūHSK 6

  (technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); specification (patent)

• 宣读xuān dúHSK 7

  to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)

• 秘书长mì shū zhǎngHSK 6

  secretary-general

• 书写shū xiěHSK 7

  to write

• 书包shū bāoHSK 1

  schoolbag; satchel; bookbag

• 就读jiù dúHSK 7

  to go to school

• 教科书jiào kē shūHSK 7

  textbook

• 书记shū jiHSK 7

  secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe

• 通知书tōng zhī shūHSK 4

  written notice

• 书法shū fǎHSK 5

  calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship

• 念书niàn shūHSK 7

  to read; to study