研读

研讀

yándú

verb #36,143

Meanings

1 to study attentively (a book or text)
2 to delve into
3 to pore over

Characters

to grind / to research

Examples

他花了三年时间研读古典文献。

Tā huā le sān nián shíjiān yándú gǔdiǎn wénxiàn.

He spent three years poring over classical texts.

学生需要反复研读这篇论文。

Xuéshēng xūyào fǎnfù yándú zhè piān lùnwén.

Students need to study this paper repeatedly.

Tips

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研读 is more formal and intense than 读 ('to read') or 学习 ('to study'). It implies careful, scholarly reading — analyzing, annotating, going back over passages. Used for academic texts, classics, and serious reference material.

Stroke Order

研 yán

读 dú