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"reading comprehension" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
阅读理解 閱讀理解 yuè dú lǐ jiě reading comprehension
Chinese Pinyin Translation
阅读 閱讀 yuè dú to read / reading syn
读数 讀數 dú shù reading / data from meter
读物 讀物 dú wù reading material
隔膜 gé mó diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert 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
看头 看頭 kàn tou qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading) syn
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)
照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn
读法 讀法 dú fǎ pronunciation / reading (of a Chinese character)
阅览室 閱覽室 yuè lǎn shì reading room / CL:間|间[jian1]
看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features syn
闲书 閒書 xián shū light reading syn
悟性 wù xìng perception / wits / power of understanding / comprehension 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
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
百家姓 bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames syn
读写 讀寫 dú xiě reading and writing
看懂 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching
书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
速读 速讀 sù dú speed reading
读图 map reading
领悟力 領悟力 lǐng wù lì comprehension / perception / feeling
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
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
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
百读不厌 百讀不厭 bǎi dú bù yàn to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom) syn
断句 斷句 duàn jù to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate syn
折节读书 折節讀書 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
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".)
共读 共讀 gòng dú shared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc) / to engage in shared reading
听力理解 聽力理解 tīng lì lǐ jiě listening comprehension
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)
破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken 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
非死不可 fēi sǐ bù kě Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
测心术 測心術 cè xīn shù mind reading
读书机 讀書機 dú shū jī audio-output reading machine
播讲 播講 bō jiǎng to broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc syn
远来的和尚会念经 遠來的和尚會念經 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
听说读写 聽說讀寫 tīng shuō dú xiě listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
可读 可讀 kě dú enjoyable to read / worth reading / readable / able to be read / legible / readable
掩卷 yǎn juàn (literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
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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