读
书

To read a book in Chinese: 读书 (dú shū)

dú shū

to read a book

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 讀書1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to read a book
  2. 2to study
  3. 3to attend school

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读
书

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ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨ

shū

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ u—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

读书

Simplified

讀書

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我弟弟在这个学校读书。

    wǒ dì di zài zhè ge xué xiào dú shū。

    My younger brother studies at this school.

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Related words

读

dú

to read out

书

shū

book

阅读

yuè dú

to read

秘书

mì shū

secretary

书架

shū jià

bookshelf

书包

shū bāo

schoolbag

书店

shū diàn

bookstore

读音

dú yīn

pronunciation

读者

dú zhě

reader

朗读

lǎng dú

to read aloud

书法

shū fǎ

calligraphy

书柜

shū guì

bookcase

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