CHINESE WORD 043 · HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1

读书 dúshū

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MEANING · PINYIN · OFFICIAL WORD CLASS

What does 读书 mean in Chinese?

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SIMPLIFIED读书

Official syllabus record 读书 · entry 43.

TRADITIONAL讀書

The corresponding traditional learning form.

PINYIN + PART OF SPEECHdúshū

动 · verb

1 LEARNING SENSE

Hear and read 读书 in context.

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读书Usage 1 of 1
study, read booksv. study, read books

他正在读书。

He is reading a book.

CHARACTERS · VERIFIED LOCAL STROKES

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This 2-character word has local stroke-order data for every simplified character shown below.

读10 strokesCHARACTER 1 OF 2Inspect and write 读

Verified local stroke-order data is available for this simplified character.

Open stroke order →
书4 strokesCHARACTER 2 OF 2Inspect and write 书

Verified local stroke-order data is available for this simplified character.

Open stroke order →
RECOGNISE → RETRIEVE → USE

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