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Chinese Pinyin Translation
破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
Chinese Pinyin Translation
训读 訓讀 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".)
音读 音讀 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".)
Broken Spur 热液田 Broken Spur 熱液田 Broken Spur rè yè tián Broken Spur hydrothermal field
共读 共讀 gòng dú shared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc) / to engage in shared reading
破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn
破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce
布罗肯海底高原 Broken Ridge oceanic plateau / Broken Ridge plateau
头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn
拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker
柔肠寸断 柔腸寸斷 róu cháng cùn duàn lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)
韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn
修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn
依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn
石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn
残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn
坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined
断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn
断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg
稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn
破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn
折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn
残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn
破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn
败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby
坏 壞 huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn
碎 suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn
爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
锔 鋦 jū to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together
伤心蒿目 傷心蒿目 shāng xīn hāo mù to grieve / broken-hearted
败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn
楛 kǔ broken utensil
伤心致死 傷心致死 shāng xīn zhì sǐ to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
碎掉 suì diào to drop and smash / broken
断脊梁战 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war
摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
坏鸟 壞鳥 huài niǎo sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)
碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter
心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted
阅读 閱讀 yuè dú to read / reading syn
心得 xīn dé what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
读写 讀寫 dú xiě reading and writing
读物 讀物 dú wù reading material
阅览室 閱覽室 yuè lǎn shì reading room / CL:間|间[jian1]
看懂 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching
阅读理解 閱讀理解 yuè dú lǐ jiě reading comprehension
书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
看头 看頭 kàn tou qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading) syn
札记 札記 zhá jì reading notes / CL:篇[pian1] syn
精读 精讀 jīng dú to read carefully and thoroughly / intensive reading
上口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud syn
度数 度數 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
读数 讀數 dú shù reading / data from meter
速读 速讀 sù dú speed reading
陪读 陪讀 péi dú to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together
读图 map reading
读法 讀法 dú fǎ pronunciation / reading (of a Chinese character)
百家姓 bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames syn
看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features syn
照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn
课外读物 課外讀物 kè wài dú wù extracurricular reading material
泛读 泛讀 fàn dú (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
千字文 qiān zì wén Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
闲书 閒書 xián shū light reading syn
落 lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds syn
音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn
百读不厌 百讀不厭 bǎi dú bù yàn to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom) syn
身临其境 身臨其境 shēn lín qí jìng (idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc) syn
折节读书 折節讀書 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
阅读广度 閱讀廣度 yuè dú guǎng dù reading span
阅读广度测验 閱讀廣度測驗 yuè dú guǎng dù cè yàn reading span test
精读课 精讀課 jīng dú kè intensive reading course
嶌 dǎo variant of 島|岛[dao3], island / used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima
有声读物 有聲讀物 yǒu shēng dú wù audiobook / recording of a person reading the text of a book
残卷 殘卷 cán juàn surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
异读 異讀 yì dú variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)
行万里路胜读万卷书 行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
读心术 讀心術 dú xīn shù mind reading (in psychology or Western magic)
读破 讀破 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]
读破句 讀破句 dú pò jù incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
读头 讀頭 dú tóu reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
释卷 釋卷 shì juàn to stop reading
伊比利亚－美洲阅读计划 Ibero-American Reading Plan
地图判读 map reading
看地图 map reading
国际阅读协会 國際閱讀協會 International Reading Association
伊比利亚－美洲阅读年 伊比利亞－美洲閱讀年 Ibero-American Year of Reading
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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