"to recite" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
背诵 背誦 bèi sòng to recite / to repeat from memory syn
朗诵 朗誦 lǎng sòng to read aloud with expression / to recite / to declaim syn
吟唱 yín chàng to chant / to recite syn
背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn
吟咏 吟詠 yín yǒng to recite / to sing (of poetry) syn
念诵 念誦 niàn sòng to read out / to recite / to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
fěng to satirize / to mock / to recite / Taiwan pr. [feng4] syn
sòng to read aloud / to recite syn
shēn (literary) to recite / to chant / to intone / (bound form) groan
zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn
歌吟 gē yín to sing / to recite
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture syn
吟诗 吟詩 yín shī to recite poetry syn
念咒 niàn zhòu to chant a magic spell / to recite incantations
吟诵 吟誦 yín sòng to read aloud / to recite rhythmically / to chant / to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) syn
吟哦 yín é to chant / to recite rhythmically / to polish verse
bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn
朗朗上口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song) syn
fěng recite / chant syn
倒背如流 dào bèi rú liú to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
朗吟 lǎng yín to recite in a loud, clear voice
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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