看書

看书
kànshū
  1. to read
  2. to study

CEDICT

  1. (intransitive) to read books; to read
  2. (intransitive) to read; to study
  3. to read books; to read
  4. to read; to study

Wiktionary

  1. 讀書；閱讀
  2. 讀；學習

維基詞典

Examples

我看書很慢的。

I am reading very slowly.

Source: Tatoeba

看书很有意思。

Reading a book is interesting.

Reading books is interesting.

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看書時不能吃東西。

You can't read while you're eating.

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我看书的时候睡着了。

I fell asleep while reading.

While reading a book, I fell asleep.

Source: Tatoeba

看書可以學會很多生字。

You can pick up a lot of words by reading.

Source: Tatoeba

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Entry Composition

1 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
2 書 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

Related entries

審讀 shěndú
  1. to read (a draft)
  2. to review
念 niàn
  1. to read
  2. to study (a subject)
  3. to attend (a school)
  4. to read aloud
  5. to miss (sb)
  6. idea
  7. remembrance
  8. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 niàn)

classifier: 頓

念这个。

Read this.

Source: Tatoeba

拜讀 bàidú (polite) to read (sth)
讀取 dúqǔ (of a computer etc) to read (data)
閱覽 yuèlǎn to read
閱讀 yuèdú
  1. to read
  2. reading
你能閱讀嗎？

Can you read?

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播報 bōbào
  1. to announce
  2. to read (the news)
我们正点播报新闻。

We broadcast news on the hour.

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看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
看着我

Look at me.

Watch me.

Source: Tatoeba

讀 dú
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce
读好书。

Read good books.

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讀出 dúchū
  1. to read out loud
  2. (computing) to read (data)
  3. readout (of a scientific instrument)
如果你能将它读出来，那就意味着你会说这门语言。

If you can read this, it means that you can speak one language!

Source: Tatoeba

參閱 cānyuè
  1. to consult
  2. to refer to
  3. to read (instructions)
涉覽 shèlǎn
  1. to browse
  2. to glance through
  3. to read
籀 zhòu
  1. (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
  2. to recite
  3. to read (aloud)
覽 lǎn
  1. to look at
  2. to view
  3. to read
你去看藝術展覽了嗎？

Did you go to the art exhibition?

Source: Tatoeba

閱 yuè
  1. to inspect
  2. to review
  3. to read
  4. to peruse
  5. to go through
  6. to experience
修習 xiūxí
  1. to study
  2. to practice
受業 shòuyè
  1. to study
  2. to learn from a master
  3. (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
让他们受业（于我们）

Let them learn from us.

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推究 tuījiū
  1. to study
  2. to examine
  3. to probe
  4. to study the underlying principles
研求 yánqiú
  1. to study
  2. to probe
  3. to research and examine
啃書 kěnshū
  1. lit. to gnaw a book
  2. to study
  3. to cram
學 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
学吧！

Study!

Source: Tatoeba

學習 xuéxí
  1. to learn
  2. to study
她学习数学

She studies mathematics.

Source: Tatoeba

習 xí
  1. (bound form) to practice
  2. to study
  3. habit
  4. custom
他在学习德语。

He's learning German.

Source: Tatoeba

考查 kǎochá
  1. to investigate
  2. to study
觀摩 guānmó
  1. to observe and emulate
  2. to study (esp. following sb's example)
讀書 dúshū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school
萨米读书了。

Sami read the book.

Source: Tatoeba

攻 gōng
  1. to attack
  2. to accuse
  3. to study
  4. (LGBT) top
修 xiū
  1. to decorate
  2. to embellish
  3. to repair
  4. to build
  5. to write
  6. to cultivate
  7. to study
  8. to take (a class)
我在修房子。

I'm repairing the house.

Source: Tatoeba