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

HSK 5

学生需要反复研读这篇论文。

Xuésheng xūyào fǎnfù yándú zhè piān lùnwén.

Students need to study this paper repeatedly.

HSK 6

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.

Tips

register

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