| 1 | 背诵 | 背誦 | bèi sòng | bei4 song4 | to recite; to repeat from memory | | |
| 2 | 朗诵 | 朗誦 | lǎng sòng | lang3 song4 | to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim | | |
| 3 | 默诵佛号 | 默誦佛號 | mò sòng fó hào | mo4 song4 fo2 hao4 | to chant the names of Buddha | | |
| 4 | 吟诵 | 吟誦 | yín sòng | yin2 song4 | to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) | | |
| 5 | 弦诵不缀 | 弦誦不綴 | xián sòng bù chuò | xian2 song4 bu4 chuo4 | incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom); variant of 弦诵不辍 | | |
| 6 | 诵经 | 誦經 | sòng jīng | song4 jing1 | to chant the sutras | | |
| 7 | 诵读困难症 | 誦讀困難症 | sòng dú kùn nan zhèng | song4 du2 kun4 nan5 zheng4 | dyslexia | | |
| 8 | 诵读 | 誦讀 | sòng dú | song4 du2 | to read aloud | | |
| 9 | 诵 | 誦 | sòng | song4 | to read aloud; to recite | | |
| 10 | 熟读成诵 | 熟讀成誦 | shú dú chéng sòng | shu2 du2 cheng2 song4 | to read again and again until one knows it by heart (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 念诵 | 念誦 | niàn sòng | nian4 song4 | to read out; to recite; to remember sb (while talking about sth else) | | |
| 12 | 联诵 | 聯誦 | lián sòng | lian2 song4 | liaison (in phonetics) (loanword) | | |
| 13 | 李诵 | 李誦 | lǐ sòng | Li3 Song4 | Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 顺宗 (761-806), reigned 805-806 | | |
| 14 | 过目成诵 | 過目成誦 | guò mù chéng sòng | guo4 mu4 cheng2 song4 | and could recite them after just one reading | | |
| 15 | 告诵 | 告誦 | gào sòng | gao4 song4 | to tell; to inform | | |
| 16 | 春诵夏弦 | 春誦夏弦 | chūn sòng xià xián | chun1 song4 xia4 xian2 | to adapt study methods to seasonal changes (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 传诵 | 傳誦 | chuán sòng | chuan2 song4 | widely known; on everyone's lips | | |