Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/读(讀)-dú-read,-read-aloud;-study

读(讀) dú read, read aloud; study - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 人 rén “person”, which is written 亻 when occurring at the left side of a character so as not to get in the way of the component at the right. The colloquial name for this radical is 人字旁 rénzìpáng “side made up of the character 人.” The other component is 卖 (賣) mài. Distinguish 读 (讀) from 卖 (賣).

Examples

• 读 (讀) dú read, read aloud; study [V]
• 读书 (讀書) dúshū study [VO]
• 读者 (讀者) dúzhĕ reader [N]
• 读研究生 (讀研究生) dú yánjiūshēng study as a graduate student [PH]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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