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讀

简读 · 繁讀

Mandarin · pinyin dòu#

comma
phrase marked by pause

Mandarin · pinyin dú#

to read out; to read aloud
to read
to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
to pronounce

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讀: dú · read, study; pronounce
读: dú · read, study; pronounce

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4 · dou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dau6 · duk6

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

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to say aloud; to tell
to read (silently); to peruse
to read aloud; to read out
to study
to pronounce (a character, a word, etc.)
pronunciation

character · Etymology 2

short pause in reading; part of a sentence; clause

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