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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn
阅读 閱讀 yuè dú to read / reading syn
to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn
niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) syn
播报 播報 bō bào to announce / to read (the news) syn
念书 念書 niàn shū to read / to study / to attend school syn
读取 讀取 dú qǔ (of a computer etc) to read (data)
读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument)
拜读 拜讀 bài dú (polite) to read (sth)
参阅 參閱 cān yuè to consult / to refer to / to read (instructions) syn
阅览 閱覽 yuè lǎn to read syn
审读 審讀 shěn dú to read (a draft) / to review
看书 看書 kàn shū to read / to study
lǎn to look at / to view / to read syn
yuè to inspect / to review / to read / to peruse / to go through / to experience syn
zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn
涉览 涉覽 shè lǎn to browse / to glance through / to read
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) syn
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book / to study / to attend school syn
宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) syn
识字 識字 shí zì to learn to read / able to read / literate
朗读 朗讀 lǎng dú to read aloud syn
朗诵 朗誦 lǎng sòng to read aloud with expression / to recite / to declaim syn
诵读 誦讀 sòng dú to read aloud syn
认字 認字 rèn zì to learn to read / able to read / literate
读报 讀報 dú bào to read newspapers syn
顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn
上口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud syn
传阅 傳閱 chuán yuè to read and pass on / to pass on for perusal
涉猎 涉獵 shè liè to skim (through a book) / to read cursorily / to dip into syn
吟诵 吟誦 yín sòng to read aloud / to recite rhythmically / to chant / to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) syn
借阅 借閱 jiè yuè to borrow books to read
博览 博覽 bó lǎn to read extensively
熟读 熟讀 shú dú to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
念诵 念誦 niàn sòng to read out / to recite / to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
精读 精讀 jīng dú to read carefully and thoroughly / intensive reading
批阅 批閱 pī yuè to read through to evaluate / to referee syn
默读 默讀 mò dú to read in silence syn
一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn
审校 審校 shěn jiào to proof-read / to review (a text) syn
评阅 評閱 píng yuè to read and appraise
读懂 讀懂 dú dǒng to read and understand
只读 只讀 zhǐ dú (computing) read-only
默念 mò niàn to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly
再读 再讀 zài dú to read again / to review (a lesson etc)
读经 讀經 dú jīng to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
检校 檢校 jiǎn jiào to check / to verify / to proof-read
泛读 泛讀 fàn dú (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
唱票 chàng piào to read ballot slips out loud
sòng to read aloud / to recite syn
略读 略讀 lüè dú to read cursorily / to skim through
顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
chàn (bound form) to feel remorse / (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")
先睹为快 先睹為快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài (idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy) syn
不识一丁 不識一丁 bù shí yī dīng total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters
博闻强识 博聞強識 bó wén qiáng shí erudite / widely read and knowledgeable syn
读谱 讀譜 dú pǔ to read a score / to read music
可读 可讀 kě dú enjoyable to read / worth reading / readable / able to be read / legible / readable
品读 品讀 pǐn dú to read mindfully / to read with full engagement
可擦写可编程只读存储器 可擦寫可編程祇讀存儲器 kě cā xiě kě biān chéng zhī dú cún chǔ qì EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
呫哔 呫嗶 tiè bì to read aloud
呫毕 呫畢 tiè bì to read aloud / also written 呫嗶|呫哔
唯读 唯讀 wéi dú read-only (computing)
niàn variant of 念, to read aloud
寡陋 guǎ lòu having little knowledge / not well-read
批八字 pī bā zì to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
捧读 捧讀 pěng dú (courteous) to read respectfully
淹博 yān bó widely read / erudite
腹笥甚宽 腹笥甚寬 fù sì shèn kuān well-read (idiom)
试读 試讀 shì dú to read a sample chapter of a book / to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis / to attend classes on a trial basis
诗礼 詩禮 shī lǐ the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1jing1] and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3ji4])
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]
释读 釋讀 shì dú to read and interpret ancient texts / to decipher
顺嘴儿 順嘴兒 shùn zuǐ r to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
饱读 飽讀 bǎo dú to read intensively
拜忏 拜懺 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass / (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins
安纳波利斯共同谅解 Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis Conference / Annapolis Joint Understanding
光盘只读存储器 Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
一写多读 write-once-read-many
一写多读装置 Write Once, Read Many
马德里商标登记信息只读记忆系统 馬德里商標登記信息只讀記憶系統 Read-Only-Memory of Madrid Actualized Registry Information
唇读 唇讀 chún dú to lip-read / lipreading
读万卷书,行万里路 讀萬卷書,行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
发蒙 發蒙 fā méng (old) to instruct the young / to teach a child to read and write / as easy as ABC syn
读心 讀心 dú xīn to read sb's mind
博闻强识 博聞強識 bó wén qiáng zhì erudite / widely read and knowledgeable syn
通读 通讀 tōng dú to read through
可擦除可编程只读存储器 可擦除可編程只讀存儲器 kě cā chú kě biān chéng zhǐ dú cún chǔ qì EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
眼力见 眼力見 yǎn lì jiàn (dialect) ability to read situations and respond appropriately
识文断字 識文斷字 shí wén - duàn zì (idiom) able to read / literate syn
译介 譯介 yì jiè to introduce (a book etc) to people who don't read the language in which it was written by translating it
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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