读

1 · verb

To look at written words and understand or say them.

看文字并理解或念出内容。

The present is /rid/; the past and participle are /rɛd/, with the same spelling.

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Could you read this sentence slowly?

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Your current device will speak after you click; voices can differ by device.

你可以慢慢读这个句子吗？

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Your current device will speak after you click; voices can differ by device.

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2 · verb

To say written words aloud.

把文字的内容用声音念出来。

This sense requires speech, as in 读给某人听 or 大声读. It is narrower than the existing teaching sense, which also includes reading for understanding.

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Please read this sentence aloud to me.

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请把这句话读给我听。

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She read the last sentence in the letter aloud twice.

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她把信里的最后一句大声读了两遍。

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3 · verb

To look at written words and understand their meaning.

看文字，理解其中表达的内容。

Use this sense for reading a book or other text. It does not specify whether the reader speaks; the separate read-aloud sense explicitly requires speech.

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I read for ten minutes every evening.

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我每天晚上读十分钟书。

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I've finished reading this book.

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这本书我已经读完了。

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