| 读者 | dú zhě | reader; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 读书HSK 1 | dú shū | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 阅读HSK 4 | yuè dú | to read; reading | |
| 读物 | dú wù | reading material | |
| 解读 | jiě dú | to decipher; to decode; to interpret |
| 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 |
| 1 | I like to read books. | |
| 2 | He loves to read books. | |
| 3 | She enjoys reading novels. | |
| 4 | She reads every day. | |
| 5 | I like to read story books. |