dòu

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Definitions

  1. 1. comma
  2. 2. phrase marked by pause

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Words Containing 读

宣读
xuān dú

to read out loud to an audience

就读
jiù dú

to go to school

攻读
gōng dú

to major (in a field)

朗读
lǎng dú

to read aloud

解读
jiě dú

to decipher

读书
dú shū

to read a book

读者
dú zhě

reader

读音
dú yīn

pronunciation

阅读
yuè dú

to read

默读
mò dú

to read in silence

以飨读者
yǐ xiǎng dú zhě

for the benefit of the reader

住读
zhù dú

to attend boarding school

借读
jiè dú

to attend school on a temporary basis

元音失读
yuán yīn shī dú

vowel devoicing

再读
zài dú

to read again

判读
pàn dú

to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)

半工半读
bàn gōng bàn dú

part work, part study

句读
jù dòu

pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)

只读
zhǐ dú

read-only (computing)

可擦写可编程只读存储器
kě cā xiě kě biān chéng zhī dú cún chǔ qì

EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)

可读
kě dú

enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable

可读性
kě dú xìng

readability

可读音性
kě dú yīn xìng

pronounceability

唇读
chún dú

to lip-read

唯读
wéi dú

read-only (computing)

在读
zài dú

to be studying (at a school or research institute)

失读症
shī dú zhèng

alexia

审读
shěn dú

to read (a draft)

导读
dǎo dú

guide (e.g. book or other printed material)

工读
gōng dú

(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)

工读学校
gōng dú xué xiào

reformatory

工读生
gōng dú shēng

student who also works part-time

复读
fù dú

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

复读生
fù dú shēng

student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school

折节读书
zhé jié dú shū

to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)

拜读
bài dú

(polite) to read (sth)

拼读
pīn dú

to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling

捧读
pěng dú

to read (honorific: e.g. your distinguished article)

文读
wén dú

literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

易读
yì dú

legible

有声读物
yǒu shēng dú wù

audiobook

泛读
fàn dú

(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist

熟读
shú dú

to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it

略读
lüe4 dú

to read cursorily

异读词
yì dú cí

word having alternative pronunciations

白读
bái dú

colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character

百读不厌
bǎi dú bù yàn

to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)

研读
yán dú

to study attentively (a book)

破读
pò dú

pronunciation of a character other than the standard

精读
jīng dú

to read carefully and thoroughly

精读课
jīng dú kè

intensive reading course

统读
tǒng dú

standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985

耕读
gēng dú

to be both a farmer and a scholar

听君一席话,胜读十年书
tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū

listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

听说读写
tīng shuō dú xiě

listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)

自然拼读
zì rán pīn dú

phonics

行千里路,读万卷书
xíng qiān lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū

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]

行万里路胜读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū

to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books

行万里路,读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū

Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)

计算机可读
jì suàn jī kě dú

computer-readable

训读
xùn dú

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\)

试读
shì dú

to read a sample chapter of a book

误读
wù dú

to misread

诵读
sòng dú

to read aloud

诵读困难症
sòng dú kùn nan zhèng

dyslexia

课外读物
kè wài dú wù

extracurricular reading material

读出
dú chū

to read out loud

读卡器
dú kǎ qì

card reader

读取
dú qǔ

(of a computer etc) to read (data)

读报
dú bào

to read newspapers

读写
dú xiě

reading and writing

读写能力
dú xiě néng lì

literacy

读后感
dú hòu gǎn

impression of a book

读心
dú xīn

to read sb's mind

读懂
dú dǒng

to read and understand

读数
dú shù

reading

读书人
dú shū rén

scholar

读书会
dú shū huì

study group

读书机
dú shū jī

audio-output reading machine

读本
dú běn

reader

读法
dú fǎ

pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)

读物
dú wù

reading material

读研
dú yán

to attend graduate school

读破
dú pò

to read extensively and thoroughly

读破句
dú pò jù

incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point

读经
dú jīng

to study the Confucian classics

读者文摘
dú zhě wén zhāi

Reader's Digest

读万卷书,行万里路
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[xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū]

读谱
dú pǔ

to read a score

读卖新闻
dú mài xīn wén

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

读音错误
dú yīn cuò wù

mistake of pronunciation

读头
dú tóu

reading head (e.g. in tape deck)

走读
zǒu dú

to attend school as a day student

通读
tōng dú

to read through

速读
sù dú

speed reading

连读
lián dú

liaison (in phonetics)

释读
shì dú

to read and interpret ancient texts

重读
zhòng dú

stress (on a syllable)

错读
cuò dú

to mispronounce

阅读器
yuè dú qì

reader (software)

阅读广度
yuè dú guǎng dù

reading span

阅读时间
yuè dú shí jiān

viewing time

阅读理解
yuè dú lǐ jiě

reading comprehension

阅读装置
yuè dú zhuāng zhì

electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)

阅读障碍
yuè dú zhàng ài

dyslexia

陪读
péi dú

to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas

音读
yīn dú

reading or phonetic value of a character

饱读
bǎo dú

to read intensively