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读书 (dú shū): To read a book (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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读书 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyindú shū

Meaningto read a book

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 1

SyntaxVerb

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 读书.

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解读jiě dúHSK 6
宣读xuān dúHSK 7-9
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Words with 书

书店shū diànHSK 1
书包shū bāoHSK 2
图书馆tú shū guǎnHSK 3
电子书diàn zǐ shūHSK 3
说明书shuō míng shūHSK 4
书房shū fángHSK 5
书架shū jiàHSK 5

图书

tú shū

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 读书

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

xià下

wǔ午

dōu都

dú读

shū书

。

I read a book every afternoon.

sī斯

shí时

wǒ我

men们

zhèng正

zài在

xué学

xiào校

dú读

shū

tā他

xǐ喜

huan欢

zài在

tú图

shū书

guǎn馆

lǐ里

dú读

shū

tā他

měi每

tiān天

jiān坚

chí持

dú读

shū书

yì一

xiǎo小

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huan欢

zài在

shēn深

yè夜

ān安

jìng静

dì地

dú

tā他

xǐ喜

huan欢

zài在

tú图

shū书

guǎn馆

ān安

jìng静

dì

zhè这

ge个

dì地

fāng方

hěn很

ān安

jìng静

，

shì适

hé合

tā他

yǎng养

chéng成

le了

měi每

tiān天

dú读

shū书

de的

dú读

shū书

shì是

wǒ我

zuì最

xǐ喜

huan欢

de的

xiāo消

duō多

dú读

shū书

kě可

yǐ以

tí提

gāo高

nǐ你

de的

书

。

At that time, we were studying at school.

书

。

He likes to read a book in the library.

shí

时

。

He insists on reading for an hour every day.

读

shū书

。

I like to read quietly late at night.

地

dú读

shū书

。

He likes to read books quietly in the library.

dú读

shū书

。

This place is very quiet and suitable for reading.

hǎo

好

xí习

guàn惯

。

He has developed a good habit of reading every day.

qiǎn

遣

fāng方

shì式

。

Reading is my favorite pastime.

zhī

知

shí识

shuǐ水

píng平

。

Reading more books can improve your knowledge level.