• Pinyin: dú
  English Definition: to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音
  Chinese Definition:
  ①依照文字念：读数。读经。读书。宣读。朗读。范读。
  ②看书，阅览：阅读。速读。默读。读者。
  ③求学：走读。
  ④字的念法：读音。读破。
  Example Words:

  读者	dú zhě	reader; Classifiers: 个
  读书	dú shū	to read a book; to study; to attend school	HSK 1
  阅读	yuè dú	to read; reading	HSK 4
  读物	dú wù	reading material
  解读	jiě dú	to decipher; to decode; to interpret

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• Pinyin: dòu
  English Definition: comma; phrase marked by pause
  Chinese Definition:
  ①旧指文章里一句中间念起来要稍稍停顿的地方：句读。
  Example Words:

  句读

  jù dòu

  pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation; periods and commas; sentences and phrases

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