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读书

dú shū

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 Traditional 讀書

Meaning

读书 (dú shū) is a Level 1 word in the HSK 3.0 standard, ranked #458 among the most frequent Chinese words.

  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school

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HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 读书 come first.

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
书包 shū bāo schoolbag; satchel; bookbag; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 1
书店 shū diàn bookstore; CL:家[jia1] 1
图书馆 tú shū guǎn library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] 1
现在 xiàn zài now; at present; currently 1
别的 bié de else; other 1
吃饭 chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living 1
北京 Běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1]) 1
看到 kàn dào to see 1

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