讀 (duk6) — read; pronounce; read aloud in Cantonese

dukˍ₆讀

简读

Mandarin Pinyin: du2 dou4

Meaning of 讀

verbread; pronounce; read aloud

verbattend school; study

verbdau6 & dou4

verbslight pause in reading

verbduk6 & du2

verbto read

nounbook

nounword; character

nounsentence

nounlanguage; speech

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Example Sentences with 讀

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。

All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

你個仔係唔係喺大學讀緊書?

Is your son studying in university?

我可以讀得好快.

I can read (study) quickly.

jauˏ₅有binˉ¹邊dukˍ₆讀bin1,邊，mutˍ₆沒binˉ¹邊dukˍ₆讀zungˉ¹中gaanˉ¹間。

Read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side.

你認真啲讀書啦

Be serious about your studies.

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Words Containing 讀

reader; an instructional book

細讀sai3 duk6

read carefully and thoroughly

閱讀時間jyut6 duk6 si4 gaan3

viewing time

半工半讀bun3 gung1 bun3 duk6

part work/part study program; work-study program

model for magazine / periodic (not for fashion shows), the character 模 here is an abbreviation for 模特兒

好慢噉讀hou2 maan6 gam2 duk6

to study slowly

讀錯音duk6 co3 jam1

to misread; mispronounce; mispronunciation

讀錯duk6 co3

to mispronounce, misread

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