The Chinese word for reading is
读
dú
Chinese Definition
| reading | |
| 1. (#if:阅读) | |
| 2. 度数 |
Translations for reading and their definitions
| 讀書 | |
| 1. v. to read books | |
| 讀書 破 萬 卷juàn，下筆.如.有.神。 - Great writers read widely. | |
| 有人 認為wéi 讀書 無用。 - Some believe reading is a waste of time. | |
| 人 醜 就 該 多 讀書。 - Ugly people should read more books. | |
| 他 是 咱們 村 裡 讀書 最 多 的 人。 - He has read the most books out of anyone in our village. | |
| 2. v. to study | |
| 她 來 中國 讀書。 - She came to China to study. | |
| 我 讀書 少shǎo 你 別 騙 我。 - Please be serious, don't fool me. lit. I don't have much education; please don't fool me. (slang) | |
| 3. v. to be in school; to attend school | |
| 我 的 孩子zi 正在 小學 讀書。 - My child is currently in primary school. |
| 读书 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 讀書 |
| 閱讀 | |
| 1. v. to read | |
| ^曹 老師 業餘 喜愛 閱讀，尤 愛 讀 傳zhuàn記、歷史、經濟 和 國際 時事 書刊。 - Teacher Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs. | |
| 雖然 我 的 閱讀 水平 很 好，但是 跟 中國人 講話 有點 困難。 - Although my reading skills are very good, I have some difficulty conversing with Chinese people. |
| 阅读 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 閱讀 |
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