读 (dú) means Read. Below are 24 of the 56 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
学校提倡多 读 书。
Xuéxiào tíchàng duō dú shū.
The school encourages reading more.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 提倡
我们一起 读 这一段。
Wǒmen yìqǐ dú zhè yí duàn.
Let's read this paragraph together.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 段
请选择正确的 读 音。
Qǐng xuǎnzé zhèngquè de dúyīn.
Please choose the correct pronunciation.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 正确
写作需要多 读 多练。
Xiězuò xūyào duō dú duō liàn.
Writing requires plenty of reading and practice.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 写作
请先阅 读 考试须知。
Qǐng xiān yuèdú kǎoshì xūzhī.
Please read the examination instructions first.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 须知
她明年就要 读 博士了。
Tā míngnián jiù yào dú bóshì le.
She is going to start her doctorate next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 博士
阅 读 能提高汉语水平。
Yuèdú néng tígāo Hànyǔ shuǐpíng.
Reading can improve your level of Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 阅读
我每天阅 读 半个小时。
Wǒ měi tiān yuèdú bàn ge xiǎoshí.
I read for half an hour every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 阅读
他喜欢 读 古代的故事。
Tā xǐhuan dú gǔdài de gùshi.
He likes reading stories from ancient times.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 古代
这个字的声调 读 错了。
Zhège zì de shēngdiào dú cuò le.
The tone of this character was read wrongly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 声调
读 书能让人学会思考。
Dú shū néng ràng rén xuéhuì sīkǎo.
Reading teaches a person to think.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 思考
这本哲学书不容易 读 。
Zhè běn zhéxué shū bù róngyì dú.
This philosophy book is not easy to read.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 哲学
读 书要有批判的眼光。
Dúshū yào yǒu pīpàn de yǎnguāng.
One should read with a critical eye.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 批判
请仔细阅 读 注意事项。
Qǐng zǐxì yuèdú zhùyì shìxiàng.
Please read the points to note carefully.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 事项
读 书能开阔人的视野。
Dúshū néng kāikuò rén de shìyě.
Reading broadens a person's horizons.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 视野
请仔细阅 读 合同条款。
Qǐng zǐxì yuèdú hétong tiáokuǎn.
Please read the terms of the contract carefully.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 条款
读 书能提高个人修养。
Dúshū néng tígāo gèrén xiūyǎng.
Reading raises a person's cultivation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 修养
读 书是他快乐的源泉。
Dúshū shì tā kuàilè de yuánquán.
Reading is his source of happiness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 源泉
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读 appears in 56 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 读
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 读
How is 读 used in a sentence?
This page shows 56 sentences using 读 (dú, "Read"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 读 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 读 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 读 an HSK word?
Yes — 读 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 读?
The dictionary page for 读 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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