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读
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Definitions
- 1. comma
- 2. phrase marked by pause
Example Sentences
1 shown读 书。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 读
for the benefit of the reader
to go to school
see 行萬里路，讀萬卷書|行万里路，读万卷书[xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū]
to lip-read
alexia
reformatory
phonics
readability
(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist
student who also works part-time
to read out loud to an audience
to read sb's mind
Reader's Digest
literacy
to read (a draft)
to read a score
scholar
dyslexia
to read and understand
to read
electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)
part work, part study
speed reading
reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
stress (on a syllable)
pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
to read extensively and thoroughly
to misread
to major (in a field)
mistake of pronunciation
to study the Confucian classics
word having alternative pronunciations
to attend school as a day student
intensive reading course
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tóu zi] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shǎi zi], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 \liahn\)
read-only (computing)
to mispronounce
to read carefully and thoroughly
to read newspapers
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling
liaison (in phonetics)
reading and writing
standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985
to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
(of a computer etc) to read (data)
Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas
computer-readable
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
study group
to read a sample chapter of a book
reader
legible
to read (honorific: e.g. your distinguished article)
to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
reading
(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
impression of a book
to attend school on a temporary basis
pronunciation
to read intensively
to read a book
reading material
read-only (computing)
to read aloud
to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)
see 行萬里路，讀萬卷書|行万里路，读万卷书[xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū]
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
to read again
to read and interpret ancient texts
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
pronunciation of a character other than the standard
reading span
to attend graduate school
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
audiobook
pronounceability
guide (e.g. book or other printed material)
(polite) to read (sth)
to decipher
to attend boarding school
EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
to read aloud
to read through
vowel devoicing
to read in silence
reading or phonetic value of a character
to be studying (at a school or research institute)
card reader
reader
audio-output reading machine
to read out loud
viewing time
to read cursorily
extracurricular reading material
dyslexia
to be both a farmer and a scholar
reading comprehension
reader (software)
to study attentively (a book)
literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable