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Characters Pronunciation
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Simple Dictionary Definition

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    bo2
po
 haku(p); baku
    はく(P); ばく

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Bo
extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
(suffix noun) (1) doctor; PhD; (suffix noun) (2) exposition; fair; exhibition; (given name) Hiromu
Wide, universal; widely read, versed in; to cause; gamble; barter.


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dǎo
    dao3
tao
 tou / to
    とう

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Island
island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
(suffix) (1) (in place names) Island; (n-suf,n) (2) (sometimes read しま) insula; island; islet; (surname) Yoshizaki

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niàn
    nian4
nien
 nen
    ねん

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Mindfulness
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen
smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment.

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    yu4

 gyoku
    ぎょく

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Jade
jade
(1) (also formerly read as ごく) precious stone (esp. jade); (2) {food} (occ. ギョク) egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; (4) (See 建玉) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); (5) geisha; (6) (abbreviation) (See 玉代) time charge for a geisha; (7) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 玉将) king (of the junior player); (female given name) Hikaru
Jade, a gem; jade-like, precious; you, your.


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    du2
tu
 doku

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Read / Study
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
To read; a comma, full stop.


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yuè
    yue4
yüeh
 echi

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Read
to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
Examine, inspect, look over.

生命

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shēng mìng
    sheng1 ming4
sheng ming
 seimei / seme
    せいめい

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Life Force
life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2])
(1) life; existence; (n,n-suf) (2) (See 役者生命) (one's) working life; career; (3) (occ. read いのち) life force; lifeblood; soul; essence

閱讀


阅读

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yuè dú
    yue4 du2
yüeh tu

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Read / Reading
to read; reading

リート

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 riido / rido
    リード

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Riet
(noun, transitive verb) (1) lead; leading; taking the lead; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {baseb} lead (from a base); (3) lead (of an article); lede; (4) lead (wire); (5) leash; lead; (6) (See セールスリード) (sales) lead; prospective client; (place-name) Lead; Reade; Read; Reed; Ried

一目十行

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yī mù shí háng
    yi1 mu4 shi2 hang2
i mu shih hang
 ichimokujuugyou / ichimokujugyo
    いちもくじゅうぎょう
ten lines at a glance (idiom); to read very rapidly
(yoji) outstanding reading ability; one glance, ten lines

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 ka
    か
(counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi


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    ge4
ko
 tsu
    つ
    ji
    ぢ
    chi
    ち
    ko
    こ
    ka
    か
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.); (counter) (1) counter for articles; (2) counter for military units; (3) individual; (counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi


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shēn
    shen1
shen
 shin
ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
Reflect on, counsel, visit superior. An assembly a gathering for the purpose of meditation, preaching, worship. Read shen, the twenty-first constellation, α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, and k in Orion.; Worship on the four fives, i. e. the fifth, tenth, twentieth, and twenty-fifth days of the month; also ||上堂.


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bei
    bei5
pei
 bai
    ばい
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm; modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
song; (surname) Bai
pāṭha; pāṭhaka; read, recite, intone, chant, hymns in praise of Buddha; 唄匿 is erroneously said to transliterate the Sanskrit root vi-ne and to be the same as 婆陟 (or 婆師), but these are bhāṣa.


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niàn
    nian4
nien
variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
See:

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 shou / sho
    しょう
(1) {Buddh} (See 六境) voice; sound; (2) {ling} (also read せい) (See 四声,声点) tone (of Chinese character); tone mark; (3) stress (in pronunciation); intonation; accent; (female given name) Chika


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chàn
    chan4
ch`an
    chan
 sen
(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")
kṣamayati, "to ask pardon"; to seek forgiveness, patience or indulgence, kṣamā meaning patience, forbearance, tr. as 悔過 repentance, or regret or error; also as confession. It especially refers to the regular confessional service for monks and for nuns.

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bān
    ban1
pan
 han
    はん
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
(n,n-suf) (1) (also read ぱん as a suffix) group; party; team; (n,n-suf) (2) {mil} squad; section
A class, rank, band; translit. pan.

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 sou / so
    そう
appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
(1) aspect; appearance; look; (2) physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); (3) {gramm} aspect; (4) {physics;chem} phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous); (given name) Tasuku
lakṣana 攞乞尖拏. Also, nimitta. A 'distinctive mark, sign', 'indication, characteristic', 'designation'. M. W. External appearance; the appearance of things; form; a phenomenon 有爲法 in the sense of appearance; mutual; to regard. The four forms taken by every phenomenon are 生住異滅 rise, stay, change, cease, i. e. birth, life, old age, death. The Huayan school has a sixfold division of form, namely, whole and parts, together and separate, integrate and disintegrate. A Buddha or Cakravartī is recognized by his thirty-two lakṣana , i. e. his thirty-two characteristic physiological marks.

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kàn
    kan4
k`an
    kan
 ikuma
    いくま
to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
(personal name) Ikuma
Look, see; watch over.


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    ge4
ko
 ko
    つ
variant of 個|个[ge4]
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.); (counter) (1) counter for articles; (2) counter for military units; (3) individual; (counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
Each, every.

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zhòu
    zhou4
chou
(literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period; to recite; to read (aloud)

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jué
    jue2
chüeh
 satori; satori
    さとり; サトリ
Japanese variant of 覺|觉[jue2]
(kana only) (See 悟る・1,悟る・2) Satori; folklore monster that can read minds; (personal name) Tadasu


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lǎn
    lan3
lan
 ran
to look at; to view; to read
To look at, view; translit. raṃ-; associated with fire.

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    yi4
i
 wake
    わけ
Japanese variant of 譯|译[yi4]
(kana only) conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation


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sòng
    song4
sung
 ju
to read aloud; to recite
To murmur, recite, intone, memorize by repeating in a murmur, cf. 念.


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xiǎng
    xiang3
hsiang
 rizumu
    りずむ
echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read; (female given name) Rizumu
pratiśrut. Echo, resonance.

CM

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 shii emu; shiiemu(sk) / shi emu; shiemu(sk)
    シー・エム; シーエム(sk)
(usu. read センチ) (See センチ・1) centimetre; centimeter

kg

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 kee jii; keejii(sk) / kee ji; keeji(sk)
    ケー・ジー; ケージー(sk)
(usu. read キロ) (See キロ・2) kilogram; kilogramme

KY

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 keewai; keiwai(sk) / keewai; kewai(sk)
    ケーワイ; ケイワイ(sk)
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (slang) (abbreviation) (from 空気 (kūki) and 読めない (yomenai)) (See 空気が読めない) unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); person who is unable to read the room; (2) (abbreviation) (from 危険 (kiken) and 予知 (yochi)) danger prevention (e.g. in the workplace)

OP

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 oo pii; oopii(sk) / oo pi; oopi(sk)
    オー・ピー; オーピー(sk)
(1) (oft. read オープニング) opening credits; title sequence; (2) (See 主題歌) theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); (3) overprint

SS

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 esu esu; esuesu(sk)
    エス・エス; エスエス(sk)
(1) (See ガソリンスタンド) service station; gas station; (2) {baseb} (See 遊撃手) shortstop; (3) sporty sedan; (4) steamship; SS; (5) (See シークレットサービス・2) Secret Service (US); (6) (See 浮遊物質) suspended solids; SS; (7) (hist) Schutzstaffel; SS; (8) (also read ダブルエス) (See S・10) SS rank (esp. in video games)

TV

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 tii bui; tiibui(sk); tiirii(sk) / ti bui; tibui(sk); tiri(sk)
    ティー・ブイ; ティーブイ(sk); ティーヴィー(sk)
(oft. read テレビ) (See テレビ・1) television; TV

上口

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shàng kǒu
    shang4 kou3
shang k`ou
    shang kou
 jouguchi / joguchi
    じょうぐち
to be able to read aloud fluently; to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
(place-name, surname) Jōguchi

下見

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 shitami
    したみ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); (3) (See 下見板) siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard; (place-name) Shimomiru

五品

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wǔ pǐn
    wu3 pin3
wu p`in
    wu pin
 gohon
A division of the disciples, in the Lotus Sutra, into five grades— those who hear and rejoice; read and repeat; preach; observe and meditate; and transform self and others.

借閱


借阅

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jiè yuè
    jie4 yue4
chieh yüeh
to borrow books to read

傳閱


传阅

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chuán yuè
    chuan2 yue4
ch`uan yüeh
    chuan yüeh
to read and pass on; to pass on for perusal

再讀


再读

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zài dú
    zai4 du2
tsai tu
to read again; to review (a lesson etc)

博覽


博览

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bó lǎn
    bo2 lan3
po lan
 hakuran
to read extensively
to have a broad mastery of philosophy and the arts

參閱


参阅

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cān yuè
    can1 yue4
ts`an yüeh
    tsan yüeh
to consult; to refer to; to read (instructions)

取札

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 torifuda
    とりふだ
card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)

只讀


只读

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zhǐ dú
    zhi3 du2
chih tu
read-only (computing)

可讀


可读

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kě dú
    ke3 du2
k`o tu
    ko tu
enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable; able to be read; legible; readable

吟誦


吟诵

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yín sòng
    yin2 song4
yin sung
 ginshou / ginsho
    ぎんしょう
to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
(noun/participle) recital; recitation; chant(ing)

呫嗶


呫哔

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tiè bì
    tie4 bi4
t`ieh pi
    tieh pi
to read aloud

呫畢


呫毕

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tiè bì
    tie4 bi4
t`ieh pi
    tieh pi
to read aloud; also written 呫嗶|呫哔

唇讀


唇读

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chún dú
    chun2 du2
ch`un tu
    chun tu
to lip-read; lipreading

唯讀


唯读

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wéi dú
    wei2 du2
wei tu
read-only (computing)

唱票

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chàng piào
    chang4 piao4
ch`ang p`iao
    chang piao
to read ballot slips out loud

回読

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 kaidoku
    かいどく
(noun, transitive verb) read in turn; circulate a book (among friends)

宣讀


宣读

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xuān dú
    xuan1 du2
hsüan tu
to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)

寡陋

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guǎ lòu
    gua3 lou4
kua lou
having little knowledge; not well-read

審校


审校

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shěn jiào
    shen3 jiao4
shen chiao
to proof-read; to review (a text)

審讀


审读

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shěn dú
    shen3 du2
shen tu
to read (a draft); to review

巻数

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 kansuu; kanju; kanzu / kansu; kanju; kanzu
    かんすう; かんじゅ; かんず
(1) volume number; reel number; scroll number; (2) number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.); (3) (かんじゅ, かんず only) a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk

市場


市场

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shì chǎng
    shi4 chang3
shih ch`ang
    shih chang
 shijou / shijo
    しじょう
marketplace; market (also in abstract)
(1) market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (2) (usu. read いちば) (See 市場・いちば) (street) market; (place-name, surname) Shijō

布薩


布萨

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bù sà
    bu4 sa4
pu sa
 fusatsu
poṣadha, upavasatha, upoṣana; 布沙他 (or 布灑他); 褒沙陀 Pali: uposatha; fasting, a fast, the nurturing or renewal of vows, intp. by 淨住 or 善宿 or 長養, meaning abiding in retreat for spiritual refreshment. There are other similar terms, e. g. 布薩陀婆; 優補陀婆; also 布薩犍度 which the Vinaya uses for the meeting place; 鉢囉帝提舍耶寐 pratideśanīya, is self-examination and public confession during the fast. It is also an old Indian fast. Buddha's monks should meet at the new and fall moons and read the Prātimokṣa sutra for their moral edification, also disciples at home should observe the six fast days and the eight commands. The 布薩日 fast days are the 15th and 29th or 30th of the moon.

床本

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 yukahon
    ゆかほん
(hist) (See 浄瑠璃,文楽) yukahon; books with large characters placed on the floor to be read from by the narrator in jōruri and bunraku; (surname) Tokomoto

廣博


广博

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guǎng bó
    guang3 bo2
kuang po
 kōbaku
extensive
Wide and spacious, extensively read, very learned.

心地

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xīn dì
    xin1 di4
hsin ti
 kokochi
    ここち
character
(1) feeling; sensation; mood; (suffix) (2) (usu. after -masu stem of verb; read as ごこち) sensation of doing
Mind, from which all things spīng; the mental ground, or condition; also used for 意 the third of the three agents-body, mouth, mind.

必読

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 hitsudoku
    ひつどく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) must-read; required reading

念書


念书

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niàn shū
    nian4 shu1
nien shu
 nensho
    ねんしょ
to read; to study
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument

念誦


念诵

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niàn sòng
    nian4 song4
nien sung
 nenju
    ねんじゅ
to read out; to recite; to remember sb (while talking about something else)
(noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} invocation
To recite, repeat, intone, e. g. the name of a Buddha; to recite a dhāraṇī, or spell.

批閱


批阅

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pī yuè
    pi1 yue4
p`i yüeh
    pi yüeh
to read through to evaluate; to referee

拜懺


拜忏

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bài chàn
    bai4 chan4
pai ch`an
    pai chan
to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins

拜讀


拜读

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bài dú
    bai4 du2
pai tu
(polite) to read (something)

捧讀


捧读

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pěng dú
    peng3 du2
p`eng tu
    peng tu
(courteous) to read respectfully

播報


播报

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bō bào
    bo1 bao4
po pao
to announce; to read (the news)

既読

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 kidoku
    きどく
(adj-no,n) (ant: 未読) already read

朗誦


朗诵

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lǎng sòng
    lang3 song4
lang sung
 roushou / rosho
    ろうしょう
to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
(noun/participle) recitation; chant

朗讀


朗读

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lǎng dú
    lang3 du2
lang tu
to read aloud

檢校


检校

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jiǎn jiào
    jian3 jiao4
chien chiao
 kengyō
to check; to verify; to proof-read
To check, compare.

泛讀


泛读

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fàn dú
    fan4 du2
fan tu
(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist; extensive reading

涉獵


涉猎

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shè liè
    she4 lie4
she lieh
to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into

涉覽


涉览

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shè lǎn
    she4 lan3
she lan
to browse; to glance through; to read

淹博

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yān bó
    yan1 bo2
yen po
widely read; erudite

熟讀


熟读

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shú dú
    shu2 du2
shu tu
to read and reread something until one is familiar with it

略讀


略读

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lüè dú
    lu:e4 du2
lu:e tu
to read cursorily; to skim through

發蒙


发蒙

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fā méng
    fa1 meng2
fa meng
(old) to instruct the young; to teach a child to read and write; as easy as ABC

看教

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kàn jiào
    kan4 jiao4
k`an chiao
    kan chiao
 kankyō
to read the Buddhist texts

看書


看书

see styles
kàn shū
    kan4 shu1
k`an shu
    kan shu
to read; to study

看經


看经

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kàn jīng
    kan4 jing1
k`an ching
    kan ching
 kankin
to read and study the scriptures

看讀


看读

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kàn dú
    kan4 du2
k`an tu
    kan tu
 kandoku
to read a sūtra silently

祓詞

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 haraekotoba
    はらえことば
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

祭文

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jì wén
    ji4 wen2
chi wen
 saibun; saimon
    さいぶん; さいもん
funeral oration; eulogy; elegiac address
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
齋文. The prayer or statement read and burnt at a funeral.

積読

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 tsundoku
    つんどく
(noun/participle) (1) buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; (2) books bought but not read

笑覧

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 shouran / shoran
    しょうらん
(noun, transitive verb) (humble language) (used when asking someone to read something one has written) (your) reading (of my work)

笑読

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 shoudoku / shodoku
    しょうどく
(noun, transitive verb) (used when asking someone to read something one has written) (See 笑覧) (your) reading (of my work)

精讀


精读

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jīng dú
    jing1 du2
ching tu
to read carefully and thoroughly; intensive reading

紙魚


纸鱼

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zhǐ yú
    zhi3 yu2
chih yü
 shimi
    しみ
silverfish (Lepisma saccarina); fish moth
(gikun reading) (1) (kana only) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); (2) Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); (3) (derogatory term) someone who is unable to apply what they have read

結経

see styles
 kekkyou / kekkyo
    けっきょう
{Buddh} sutra read in conclusion

羯磨

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jié mó
    jie2 mo2
chieh mo
 katsuma
    かつま
karma (loanword)
{Buddh} (read as かつま in the Tendai sect, etc.; as こんま in Shingon, Ritsu, etc.) (See 業・ごう・1) karma; (surname) Katsuma
karma; action, work, deed, performance, service, 'duty'; religious action, moral duty; especially a meeting of the monks for the purpose of ordination, or for the confession of sins and absolution, or for expulsion of the unrepentant. There are numerous kinds of karma, or assemblies for such business, ordinarily requiring the presence of four monks, but others five, ten, or twenty. Cf. 業 for definition of karma, deeds or character as the cause of future conditions; also 五蘊 for karma as the fourth skandha.

習誦


习诵

see styles
xí sòng
    xi2 song4
hsi sung
 shūju
to read aloud and studies

蠧魚

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 togyo
    とぎょ
    shimi
    しみ
(gikun reading) (1) (kana only) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); (2) Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); (3) (derogatory term) someone who is unable to apply what they have read

衣魚


衣鱼

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yī yú
    yi1 yu2
i yü
 shimi
    しみ
silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
(gikun reading) (1) (kana only) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); (2) Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); (3) (derogatory term) someone who is unable to apply what they have read

見方


见方

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jiàn fāng
    jian4 fang1
chien fang
 mikata
    みかた
(measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square")
(1) viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); view; angle; (2) way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.); (surname) Mikata

訓む

see styles
 yomu
    よむ
(transitive verb) (See 読む・6) to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

評閱


评阅

see styles
píng yuè
    ping2 yue4
p`ing yüeh
    ping yüeh
to read and appraise

試讀


试读

see styles
shì dú
    shi4 du2
shih tu
to read a sample chapter of a book; to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis; to attend classes on a trial basis

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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