讀〔读〕 duk⁶ {dòu}

1. comma
2. phrase marked by pause

讀〔读〕 duk⁶ {dú}

1. to read
2. to study
3. reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音

讀過〔读过〕 duk⁶ gwo³ {dú guò}

Read

讀默〔读-〕 duk⁶ mak⁶ {dú mò}

dictation

讀報〔读报〕 duk⁶ bou³ {dú bào}

to read newspapers

讀本〔读-〕 duk⁶ bun² {dú běn}

1. reader
2. an instructional book

讀取〔读-〕 duk⁶ ceoi² {dú qǔ}

(of a computer etc) to read (data)

讀懂〔读-〕 duk⁶ dung² {dú dǒng}

to read and understand

讀法〔读-〕 duk⁶ faat³ {dú fǎ}

1. reading
2. pronunciation (of a Chinese character)

讀經〔读经〕 duk⁶ ging¹ {dú jīng}

1. to study the Confucian classics
2. to read scriptures or canonical texts

讀音〔读-〕 duk⁶ jam¹ {dú yīn}

1. pronunciation
2. literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

讀研〔读-〕 duk⁶ jin⁴ {dú yán}

to attend graduate school

讀物〔读-〕 duk⁶ mat⁶ {dú wù}

reading material

讀破〔读-〕 duk⁶ po³ {dú pò}

1. to read extensively and thoroughly
2. nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. reading [hao4] in compound 愛好 "hobby" in place of [hao3]

讀譜〔读谱〕 duk⁶ pou² {dú pǔ}

1. to read a score
2. to read music

讀寫〔读写〕 duk⁶ se² {dú xiě}

reading and writing

讀數〔读数〕 duk⁶ sou³ {dú shù}

1. reading
2. data from meter

讀書〔读书〕 duk⁶ syu¹ {dú shū}

1. to read a book
2. to study
3. to attend school

讀頭〔读头〕 duk⁶ tau⁴ {dú tóu}

reading head (e.g. in tape deck)

讀者〔读-〕 duk⁶ ze² {dú zhě}

1. reader
2. CL: 個

讀口黃〔读-黄〕 duk⁶ hau² wong² {dú kǒu huáng}

to recite something without understanding its meaning

讀死書〔读-书〕 duk⁶ sei² syu¹ {dú sǐ shū}

Reading a book without understanding it; to cram and study for exams only; not knowing how to apply knowledge in practice

讀屎片〔读--〕 duk⁶ si² pin² {dú shǐ piàn}

(literally: to read diaper); to have learned nothing from one's studies

讀者群〔读--〕 duk⁶ ze² kwan⁴ {dú zhě qún}

Readers

讀後感〔读后-〕 duk⁶ hau⁶ gam² {dú hòu gǎn}

1. impression of a book
2. opinion expressed in a book review

讀卡器〔读--〕 duk⁶ kaat¹ hei³ {dú kǎ qì}

card reader

讀破句〔读--〕 duk⁶ po³ geoi³ {dú pò jù}

incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point

讀心術〔读-术〕 duk⁶ sam¹ seot⁶ {dú xīn shù}

mind reading (in psychology or Western magic)

讀書機〔读书机〕 duk⁶ syu¹ gei¹ {dú shū jī}

audio-output reading machine

讀書人〔读书-〕 duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴ {dú shū rén}

1. scholar
2. intellectual

讀書會〔读书会〕 duk⁶ syu¹ wui² {dú shū huì}

study group

讀破字膽〔读--胆〕 duk⁶ po³ zi⁶ daam² {dú pò zì dǎn}

To read the word wrongly

讀者來信〔读-来-〕 duk⁶ ze² loi⁴ seon³ {dú zhě lái xìn}

Letters to the Editor; Readers' letters

讀音錯誤〔读-错误〕 duk⁶ jam¹ co³ ng⁶ {dú yīn cuò wù}

mistake of pronunciation

讀賣新聞〔读卖-闻〕 duk⁶ maai⁶ san¹ man⁴ {Dú mài Xīn wén}

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

讀寫能力〔读写--〕 duk⁶ se² nang⁴ lik⁶ {dú xiě néng lì}

literacy

讀者文摘〔读---〕 duk⁶ ze² man⁴ zaak⁶ {Dú zhě Wén zhāi}

Reader's Digest

讀壞詩書包壞腳〔读坏诗书-坏脚〕 duk⁶ waai⁶ si¹ syu¹ baau¹ waai⁶ goek³ {dú huài Shī Shū bāo huài jiǎo}

to describe someone who is stubbornly sticking to outworn rules and idea; a phrase to describe the indecent educated people