"Reading" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yuè dú to read / reading
 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
 dú shù reading / data from meter
 dú fǎ reading / pronunciation (of a Chinese character)
 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
 xīn dé what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
 dú xiě reading and writing
 dú wù reading material
 yuè lǎn shì reading room / CL:間|间[jian1]
 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching
 yuè dú lǐ jiě reading comprehension
 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
 zhá jì reading notes / CL:篇[pian1]
 jīng dú to read carefully and thoroughly / intensive reading
 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
 sù dú speed reading
 péi dú to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together
  map reading
 Bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features
 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading
 kè wài dú wù extracurricular reading material
 fàn dú (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
 Qiān zì wén Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
 xián shū light reading
 lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
 bǎi dú bù yàn to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
 dú to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
 dòu to stay / to stop / to tease (play with) / amusing / short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])
 shēn lín qí jìng (idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
 xiān dǔ wéi kuài joy of first experience (idiom) / the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
 duàn jù to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate
广 yuè dú guǎng dù reading span
广 yuè dú guǎng dù cè yàn reading span test
 jīng dú kè intensive reading course
 dǎo variant of 島|岛[dao3], island / used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima
 yǒu shēng dú wù audiobook / recording of a person reading the text of a book
 cán juàn surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
 dú xīn shù mind reading (in psychology or Western magic)
 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]
 dú pò jù incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
 dú tóu reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
 shì juàn to stop reading
 yīn dú reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 / has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 / is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 / "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 / has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
  map reading
  map reading
  Ibero-American Reading Plan
  International Reading Association
  Ibero-American Year of Reading
 Fēi sǐ bù kě Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
 cè xīn shù mind reading
 dú shū jī audio-output reading machine
 bō jiǎng to broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc
 yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
 tīng shuō dú xiě listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
 kě dú enjoyable to read / worth reading / readable / able to be read / legible / readable
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