默
读

To read in silence in Chinese: 默读 (mò dú)

mò dú

to read in silence

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 默讀1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to read in silence

Stroke order

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默
读

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄛˋ

mò

ㄇ/ mㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

默读

Simplified

默讀

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 老师让学生默读这篇课文。

    lǎo shī ràng xué shēng mò dú zhè piān kè wén。

    The teacher had the students read this text silently.

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Related words

读

dú

to read out

幽默

yōu mò

(loanword) humor

阅读

yuè dú

to read

沉默

chén mò

taciturn

读书

dú shū

to read a book

读音

dú yīn

pronunciation

读者

dú zhě

reader

默默

mò mò

in silence

朗读

lǎng dú

to read aloud

攻读

gōng dú

to major (in a field)

解读

jiě dú

to decipher

就读

jiù dú

to go to school

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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