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朗誦

简朗诵 · 繁朗誦

Mandarin · pinyin lǎng sòng

to read aloud with expression
to recite
to declaim

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朗: lǎng · clear, bright; distinct
誦: Look up this written character
诵: sòng · recite, chant, repeat

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3–4 · lang3 song4

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long5 zung6

Cantonese word readings for 朗誦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to recite (a passage, poem, etc., loudly and clearly); to declaim

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