read, study; pronounce

DEFINITIONS

讀 dú
  • to read
  • to study
  • reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
讀 dòu
  • comma
  • phrase marked by pause

WORDS

研 dú yán to attend graduate school
破 dú pò to read extensively and thoroughly; nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] rather than the usual [hao3]
破句 dú pò jù incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
經 dú jīng to study the Confucian classics; to read scriptures or canonical texts
者 dú zhě reader; CL:個|个[ge4]
者文摘 dú zhě wén zhāi Reader's Digest
萬卷書,行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù see 行萬里路,讀萬卷書|行万里路,读万卷书[xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan4 shu1]
譜 dú pǔ to read a score; to read music
賣新聞 dú mài xīn wén Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
音 dú yīn pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
音錯誤 dú yīn cuò wù mistake of pronunciation
頭 dú tóu reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
zǒu dú to attend school as a day student
sù dú speed reading
lián dú liaison (in phonetics)
shì dú to read and interpret ancient texts; to decipher
zhòng dú stress (on a syllable)
cuò dú to mispronounce
yuè dú to read; reading
器 yuè dú qì reader (software)
廣度 yuè dú guǎng dù reading span
時間 yuè dú shí jiān viewing time
理解 yuè dú lǐ jiě reading comprehension
裝置 yuè dú zhuāng zhì electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)
障礙 yuè dú zhàng ài dyslexia