閱讀

See also: 阅读

Chinese

		peruse; review; to read	to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause
trad. (閱讀/閲讀)		閱/閲	讀
simp. (阅读)		阅	读

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ duk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iat-tho̍k / ia̍t-tho̍k / oa̍t-tho̍k / iat-tha̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): luêg⁴ tag⁸ / luag⁴ tag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèdú
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-tu²
    • Yale: ywè-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehdwu
    • Palladius: юэду (juedu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ duk⁶
    • Yale: yuht duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² tʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iat-tho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iat-tho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iattok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍t-tho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍t-tho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iadtok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛt̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t-tho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍t-tho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oadtok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iat-tha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iat-tha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iattak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: luêg⁴ tag⁸ / luag⁴ tag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luek tha̍k / luak tha̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luek̚²⁻⁴ tʰak̚⁴/, /luak̚²⁻⁴ tʰak̚⁴/

Note:

• luêg4 tag8 - Chaozhou;
• luag4 tag8 - Shantou.

Verb

閱讀

1. to read

   曹老師業餘喜愛閱讀，尤愛讀傳記、歷史、經濟和國際時事書刊。 [MSC, trad.]
   曹老师业余喜爱阅读，尤爱读传记、历史、经济和国际时事书刊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cáo lǎoshī yèyú xǐ'ài yuèdú, yóu ài dú zhuànjì, lìshǐ, jīngjì hé guójì shíshì shūkān. [Pinyin]

   Teacher Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs.

   雖然我的閱讀水平很好，但是跟中國人講話有點困難。 [MSC, trad.]
   虽然我的阅读水平很好，但是跟中国人讲话有点困难。 [MSC, simp.]

   Suīrán wǒ de yuèdú shuǐpíng hěn hǎo, dànshì gēn zhōngguórén jiǎnghuà yǒudiǎn kùnnán. [Pinyin]

   Although my reading skills are very good, I have some difficulty conversing with Chinese people.

Synonyms

• 閱覽／阅览 (yuèlǎn)

Derived terms

• 閱讀器／阅读器 (yuèdúqì)
• 閱讀室／阅读室 (yuèdúshì)
• 閱讀機／阅读机

 

Related terms

• 研讀／研读 (yándú)
• 鑽研／钻研 (zuānyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (閱讀):

• → Japanese: 閲読(えつどく) (etsudoku)
• → Korean: 열독(閱讀) (yeoldok)