讀書

See also: 读书 and 読書

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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dúshū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ

(Chengdu, SP): du² su¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дўфу (dwfu, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): duk⁶ syu¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): uuk⁵ si¹
Gan (Wiktionary): tuh⁷ xy¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sû

(Meixian, Guangdong): tug⁶ su¹
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): ⁵doq-sr; ⁵doq ¹sr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúshu
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-shu¹
  - Yale: dú-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwushu
  - Palladius: душу (dušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: du² su¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dusu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹ su⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дўфу (dwfu, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁴⁴ fou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ syu¹
  - Yale: duhk syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² ʃyː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: uuk⁵ si¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵk̚³² si³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tuh⁷ xy¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuʔ² ɕy⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug su´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ su¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tug⁶ su¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰʊk̚⁵ su⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tĕ̤k-cṳ̆
  - Sinological 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 (Lukang): /tʰak̚³⁵⁻² t͡sɨ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰak̚²⁴⁻² 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): /tʰɔk̚²⁴⁻² 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰak̚⁴⁻² t͡sɯ³³/, /tʰak̚⁴⁻² t͡su³³/

Note: tag8 ze1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ⁵doq-sr; ⁵doq ¹sr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥ʊʔ¹¹ sz̩²³/, /d̥ʊʔ²² sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /duk̚ ɕɨʌ/

Rime
Character	讀	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒谷切	傷魚切
Baxter	duwk	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duk̚/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/duk̚/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/duk̚/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwk̚/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/duk̚/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/duk̚/	/ɕĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuk̚/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dú	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk⁶	syu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.lˤok s-ta/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'oːɡ hlja/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	讀	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dú	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ duwk ›	‹ syo ›
Old Chinese	/*C.lˁok/	/*s-ta/
English	read (v.)	write
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	讀	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16039	17013
Phonetic component	𧶠	者
Rime group	屋	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	獨	書
Old Chinese	/*l'oːɡ/	/*hlja/

Verb

讀⫽書 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to read books
讀書破萬卷，下筆如有神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
读书破万卷，下笔如有神。 [Classical Chinese, 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.

他是咱們村裡讀書最多的人。 [MSC, trad.]
他是咱们村里读书最多的人。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì zánmen cūn lǐ dúshū zuì duō de rén. [Pinyin]
He has read the most books out of anyone in our village.
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)

Dialectal synonyms of 念書 (“to study”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		念書, 讀書
Mandarin	Taiwan	讀書, 念書
	Harbin	念書
	Yantai (Muping)	念書
	Jinan	讀書, 念書
	Luoyang	讀書, 念書
	Wanrong	念書
	Xi'an	念書
	Yinchuan	念書
	Lanzhou	念書
	Xining	讀書, 念書
	Wuhan	讀書
	Chengdu	讀書, 念書
	Guiyang	讀書
	Guilin	讀書
	Liuzhou	讀書
	Xuzhou	讀書
	Yangzhou	念書
	Nanjing	念書, 讀書
	Malaysia	讀書
	Singapore	讀書
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讀書
	Hong Kong	讀書
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	讀書
	Macau	讀書
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	讀書
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	讀書
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	讀書
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	讀書
	Foshan	讀書
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	讀書
	Foshan (Shunde)	讀書
	Foshan (Sanshui)	讀書
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	念書
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	讀書
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	讀書
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	讀書
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	讀書
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	讀書
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	讀書
	Taishan	讀書
	Kaiping (Chikan)	讀書
	Enping (Niujiang)	讀書
	Heshan (Yayao)	讀書
	Dongguan	讀書
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	讀書
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	讀書
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讀書
Gan	Nanchang	念書, 讀書
	Lichuan	念書
	Pingxiang	讀書
Hakka	Meixian	讀書
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	讀書
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	讀書
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	讀書
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	讀書
	Conghua (Lütian)	讀書
	Yudu	讀書
Huizhou	Jixi	念書
Jin	Taiyuan	念書
Jin	Xinzhou	念書
Min Bei	Jian'ou	念書
Min Dong	Fuzhou	讀書
Min Nan	Xiamen	讀冊
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	讀書
	Quanzhou	讀冊
	Jinjiang	讀冊
	Zhangzhou	讀冊
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	讀冊
	Zhao'an	讀冊
	Dongshan	讀冊
	Taipei	讀書
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	讀書
	Kaohsiung	讀冊
	Yilan	讀冊
	Changhua (Lukang)	讀書
	Taichung	讀冊
	Tainan	讀冊
	Hsinchu	讀書
	Kinmen	讀書
	Penghu (Magong)	讀書
	Penang (Hokkien)	讀冊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	讀冊
	Manila (Hokkien)	讀冊
	Chaozhou	讀書
	Shantou	讀書
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	讀書
	Jieyang	讀書
	Haifeng	讀冊
	Singapore (Teochew)	讀書
	Wenchang	讀書
	Haikou	讀書
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	念書
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	讀書
Wu	Shanghai	讀書
	Shanghai (Chongming)	念書
	Suzhou	讀書
	Danyang	念書
	Hangzhou	讀書
	Ningbo	讀書
	Wenzhou	讀書
	Jinhua	讀書
Xiang	Loudi	讀書

(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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
讀	書
どく Hyōgaiji	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

讀(どく)書(しょ) • (dokusho)

Kyūjitai form of 読書 (“the act of reading”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
讀	書

Noun

讀書 • (dokseo) (hangeul 독서)

Hanja form^? of 독서 (“reading”).

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