讀書

See also: 读书

Chinese

		to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause	book; letter
trad. (讀書)		讀	書
simp. (读书)		读	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúshū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ syu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sû
Min Dong (BUC): tĕ̤k-cṳ̆
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tha̍k-chu / tha̍k-chir / tho̍k-su / tho̍k-sir / tho̍k-si

(Teochew, Peng'im): tag⁸ ze¹ / tag⁸ zu¹
Wu (Wiktionary): doq sr (T5); doq (T5) + sr (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dúshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwushu
  - IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ syu¹
  - Yale: duhk syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ xu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² ʃyː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug su´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ su¹
  - IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ su²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tĕ̤k-cṳ̆
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰøyʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sy⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha̍k-chu
  - Tâi-lô: tha̍k-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tagzw
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰak̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha̍k-chir
  - Tâi-lô: tha̍k-tsir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰak̚²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /tʰak̚⁵⁴⁻³² t͡sɯ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho̍k-su
  - Tâi-lô: tho̍k-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: togsw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho̍k-sir
  - Tâi-lô: tho̍k-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho̍k-si
  - Tâi-lô: tho̍k-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: togsy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tag⁸ ze¹ / tag⁸ zu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha̍k tsṳ / tha̍k tsu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰak̚⁴⁻² t͡sɯ³³/, /tʰak̚⁴⁻² t͡su³³/

Note: tag8 ze1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: doq sr (T5); doq (T5) + sr (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻ʊʔ¹¹ sz̩²³/, /d̻ʊʔ²² sz̩⁵³/

Verb

讀書

to read books
讀書破萬卷，下筆如有神。 [MSC, trad.]
读书破万卷，下笔如有神。 [MSC, simp.]
Dúshū pò wàn juàn, xiàbǐ rú yǒu shén. [Pinyin]
Great writers read widely.

有人認為讀書無用。 [MSC, trad.]
有人认为读书无用。 [MSC, simp.]
Yǒurén rènwéi dúshū wúyòng. [Pinyin]
Some believe reading is a waste of time.

人醜就該多讀書。 / 人丑就该多读书。 ― Rén chǒu jiù gāi duō dúshū. ― Ugly people should read more books.
to study
她來中國讀書。 / 她来中国读书。 ― Tā lái zhōngguó dúshū. ― She came to China to study.

我讀書少你別騙我。 [MSC, trad.]
我读书少你别骗我。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ dúshū shǎo nǐ bié piàn wǒ. [Pinyin]
Please be serious, don't fool me. [lit. I don't have much education; please don't fool me.] (slang)
to be in school; to attend school
我的孩子正在小學讀書。 [MSC, trad.]
我的孩子正在小学读书。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū. [Pinyin]
My child is currently in primary school.

Synonyms

(to read): 看書／看书 (kànshū), 閱讀／阅读 (yuèdú), (Min Nan) 讀冊／读册 (tha̍k-chheh)
(to study): 學／学 (xué), 學習／学习 (xuéxí), 念書／念书 (niànshū), (Min Nan) 讀冊／读册 (tha̍k-chheh)
(to attend school): 上學／上学 (shàngxué), 求學／求学 (qiúxué)

Derived terms

讀書人／读书人 (dúshūrén)

讀書會／读书会 (dúshūhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (讀書):

→ Japanese: 読書 (どくしょ) (dokusho)
→ Korean: 독서 (讀書, dokseo)
→ Vietnamese: đọc thư (讀書)

Korean

Hanja in this term
讀	書

Noun

讀書 • (dokseo) (hangeul 독서)

Hanja form^? of 독서 (“reading”).

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