| 1 | 读 | 讀 | dú | du2 | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音 | | |
| 2 | 读者 | 讀者 | dú zhě | du2 zhe3 | reader; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 读书 | 讀書 | dú shū | du2 shu1 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | | |
| 4 | 阅读 | 閱讀 | yuè dú | yue4 du2 | to read; reading | | |
| 5 | 读数 | 讀數 | dú shù | du2 shu4 | reading; data from meter | | |
| 6 | 读音 | 讀音 | dú yīn | du2 yin1 | pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character | | |
| 7 | 攻读 | 攻讀 | gōng dú | gong1 du2 | (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies); (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study; to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree | | |
| 8 | 读心 | 讀心 | dú xīn | du2 xin1 | to read sb's mind | | |
| 9 | 训读 | 訓讀 | xùn dú | xun4 du2 | a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 may be pronounced as its synonym 色子 , and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 两 "liahn"); to pronounce a word using such a reading; (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音读 . For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".) | | |
| 10 | 读出 | 讀出 | dú chū | du2 chu1 | to read out loud; (computing) to read (data); readout (of a scientific instrument) | | |
| 11 | 读取 | 讀取 | dú qǔ | du2 qu3 | (of a computer etc) to read (data) | | |
| 12 | 读谱 | 讀譜 | dú pǔ | du2 pu3 | to read a score; to read music | | |
| 13 | 读破 | 讀破 | dú pò | du2 po4 | to read extensively and thoroughly; nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading in 爱好 rather than the usual | | |
| 14 | 读卖新闻 | 讀賣新聞 | dú mài xīn wén | Du2 mai4 Xin1 wen2 | Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper) | | |
| 15 | 读卡器 | 讀卡器 | dú kǎ qì | du2 ka3 qi4 | card reader | | |
| 16 | 读经 | 讀經 | dú jīng | du2 jing1 | to study the Confucian classics; to read scriptures or canonical texts | | |
| 17 | 读懂 | 讀懂 | dú dǒng | du2 dong3 | to read and understand | | |
| 18 | 读本 | 讀本 | dú běn | du2 ben3 | reader; an instructional book | | |
| 19 | 读报 | 讀報 | dú bào | du2 bao4 | to read newspapers | | |
| 20 | 导读 | 導讀 | dǎo dú | dao3 du2 | guide (e.g. book or other printed material) | | |
| 21 | 唇读 | 唇讀 | chún dú | chun2 du2 | to lip-read; lipreading | | |
| 22 | 饱读 | 飽讀 | bǎo dú | bao3 du2 | to read intensively | | |
| 23 | 半工半读 | 半工半讀 | bàn gōng bàn dú | ban4 gong1 ban4 du2 | part work, part study; work-study program | | |
| 24 | 走读 | 走讀 | zǒu dú | zou3 du2 | to attend school as a day student | | |
| 25 | 拜读 | 拜讀 | bài dú | bai4 du2 | (polite) to read (sth) | | |