Usage of the character 读

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

dòu

读

[讀]

comma
phrase marked by pause

yìdú

易读

[易讀]

legible
readable

fùdú

复读

[復讀]

to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school

zhǐdú

只读

[只讀]

read-only (computing)

sùdú

速读

[速讀]

speed reading

liándú

连读

[連讀]

liaison (in phonetics)

dúbào

读报

[讀報]

to read newspapers

xuāndú

宣读

[宣讀]

to read out loud to an audience
a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)

jiùdú

就读

[就讀]

to go to school

dútóu

读头

[讀頭]

reading head (e.g. in tape deck)

zhùdú

住读

[住讀]

to attend boarding school

báidú

白读

[白讀]

colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character

pòdú

破读

[破讀]

pronunciation of a character other than the standard
lit. broken reading

dúshū

读书

[讀書]

to read a book
to study
to attend school

dúfǎ

读法

[讀法]

pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)

zǒudú

走读

[走讀]

to attend school as a day student

dúyīn

读音

[讀音]

pronunciation
literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

dǎodú

导读

[導讀]

guide (e.g. book or other printed material)

yìdú

异读

[異讀]

variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)

pěngdú

捧读

[捧讀]

(courteous) to read respectfully

lǎngdú

朗读

[朗讀]

to read aloud

zhòngdú

重读

[重讀]

stress (on a syllable)

jùdòu

句读

[句讀]

pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)
punctuation
periods and commas
sentences and phrases

tǒngdú

统读

[統讀]

standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985

gēngdú

耕读

[耕讀]

to be both a farmer and a scholar
to work the land and also undertake academic studies

jièdú

借读

[借讀]

to attend school on a temporary basis

péidú

陪读

[陪讀]

to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas
to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together

shúdú

熟读

[熟讀]

to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it

lüèdú

略读

[略讀]

to read cursorily
to skim through

zàidú

再读

[再讀]

to read again
to review (a lesson etc)

xiūdú

修读

[修讀]

to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)

jiědú

解读

[解讀]

to decipher
to decode
to interpret

gōngdú

工读

[工讀]

(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)
(of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study

pàndú

判读

[判讀]

to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)
to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)

sòngdú

诵读

[誦讀]

to read aloud

dúběn

读本

[讀本]

reader
an instructional book

dúpǔ

读谱

[讀譜]

to read a score
to read music

dúpò

读破

[讀破]

to read extensively and thoroughly
nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading (hào) in 愛好／爱好 (àihào) rather than the usual (hǎo)

kědú

可读

[可讀]

enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable
able to be read; legible; readable

wùdú

误读

[誤讀]

to misread
(fig.) to misunderstand
to misinterpret

dújīng

读经

[讀經]

to study the Confucian classics
to read scriptures or canonical texts

gōngdú

攻读

[攻讀]

to major (in a field)
to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree

mòdú

默读

[默讀]

to read in silence

fùdú

复读

[複讀]

(of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)

cuòdú

错读

[錯讀]

to mispronounce

bàidú

拜读

[拜讀]

(polite) to read (sth)

wéndú

文读

[文讀]

literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

yuèdú

阅读

[閱讀]

to read
reading

dúqǔ

读取

[讀取]

(of a computer etc) to read (data)

tōngdú

通读

[通讀]

to read through

dúshù

读数

[讀數]

reading
data from meter

xùndú

训读

[訓讀]

a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 (tóuzi) may be pronounced as its synonym 色子 (shǎizi), and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩／两 "liahn")
to pronounce a word using such a reading
(Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀／音读 (yīndú). For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

dúchū

读出

[讀出]

to read out loud
(computing) to read (data)
readout (of a scientific instrument)

shìdú

释读

[釋讀]

to read and interpret ancient texts
to decipher

dúyán

读研

[讀研]

to attend graduate school

zàidú

在读

[在讀]

to be studying (at a school or research institute)

yándú

研读

[研讀]

to study attentively (a book)
to delve into

yīndú

音读

[音讀]

reading or phonetic value of a character
(Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀／训读 (xùndú). For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)

shìdú

试读

[試讀]