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阅读 (yuè dú): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 4

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HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 阅读.

功夫gōng fulabour; ability; kung fu
结果jiēguǒresult; outcome; fruit
长江Cháng jiāngYangtze River
词语cí yǔwords and expressions
爱情ài qíngromantic love
打扮dǎ banto decorate
即使jí shǐeven if
到底dào dǐin the end
烦恼fán nǎoto be worried
并且bìng qiěand
地址dì zhǐaddress
动作dòng zuòmovement

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 阅读.

Words with 阅

订阅dìng yuè
阅历yuè lì
阅览yuè lǎn
阅览室yuè lǎn shì

Words with 读

宣读xuān dú
就读jiù dú
攻读gōng dú
朗读

lǎng dú

How to Use 阅读 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 阅读 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complementwith起来

yuè阅

dú读

qǐ起

lái来

neutralSpoken

start reading

Adverb + Verbwith广泛

guǎng广

fàn泛

yuè阅

dú读

Verb + Objectwith文章

yuè阅

dú读

wén文

zhāng章

Noun + Nounwith能力

yuè阅

dú读

néng能

lì力

Example Sentences with 阅读

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huān欢

yuè阅

dú读

。

I like reading.

neutral

read extensively

neutral

read an article

formal

reading ability

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

huā花

yī一

xiǎo小

shí时

yuè阅

dú读

zhōng中

wén文

xīn新

wén闻

。

I spend one hour every day reading Chinese news.

wèi为

le了

tí提

gāo高

hàn汉

yǔ语

shuǐ水

píng平

，

tā他

jiān坚

chí持

měi每

tiān天

yuè阅

dú读

zhōng中

wén文

xiǎo小

shuō说

。

To improve his Chinese, he insists on reading Chinese novels every day.

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zhè这

fèn份

bào报

gào告

xū需

yào要

zǐ仔

xì细

yuè阅

dú读

，

yīn因

wèi为

tā它

bāo包

hán含

le了

zhòng重

yào要

de的

shù数

jù据

。

This report requires careful reading as it contains important data.

tā他

měi每

tiān天

yuè阅

dú读

bào报

zhǐ纸

，

liǎo了

nǐ你

tōng通

cháng常

xǐ喜

huan欢

zài在

shén什

me么

shí时

jiān

yóu由

yú于

guāng光

xiàn线

tài太

àn暗

，

tā他

jué决

dìng

yuè阅

dú读

zhè这

běn本

shū书

ràng让

wǒ我

duì对

lì历

yuè阅

dú读

bù不

jǐn仅

néng能

zēng增

zhǎng长

zhī知

shi识

jiě

解

xīn新

wén闻

。

He reads newspapers every day to learn about the news.

间

yuè阅

dú读

？

shì是

zǎo早

shàng上

hái还

shì是

wǎn晚

shàng上

？

When do you usually prefer to read, in the morning or in the evening?

定

zàn暂

shí时

bú不

yuè阅

dú读

nà那

běn本

zá杂

zhì志

。

Due to the dim light, he decided not to read that magazine for now.

shǐ史

yǒu有

le了

gēng更

shēn深

de的

lǐ理

jiě解

。

Reading this book gave me a deeper understanding of history.

，

hái还

néng能

bāng帮

zhù助

wǒ我

men们

fàng放

sōng松

xīn心

qíng情

。

Reading not only increases knowledge but also helps us relax.