阅读

閱讀

yuèdú

verb HSK 4 #5,368

Meanings

1 to read
2 reading (as an activity)

Characters

to read; to review

to read; to study

Examples

他每天花一个小时阅读。

Tā měitiān huā yī gè xiǎoshí yuèdú.

He spends an hour reading every day.

阅读是学习语言的好方法。

Yuèdú shì xuéxí yǔyán de hǎo fāngfǎ.

Reading is a good way to learn a language.

请仔细阅读这份文件。

Qǐng zǐxì yuèdú zhè fèn wénjiàn.

Please read this document carefully.

Tips

usage

阅读 is more formal than 看 (kàn) or 读 (dú) for reading. Use 阅读 for serious reading (books, documents, articles). For casual reading, 看书 (kàn shū) is more natural.

Stroke Order

阅 yuè

读 dú