Cantonese Dictionary

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讀口黃
Mandarin: du2 kou3 huang2
Simplified: 读口黄
to recite something without understanding its meaning
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讀唇術
Mandarin: du2 chun2 shu4
lip reading; the art of lip reading
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讀壞詩書包壞腳
Mandarin: du2 huai4 Shi1 Shu1 bao1 huai4 jiao3
Simplified: 读坏诗书包坏脚
to describe someone who is stubbornly sticking to outworn rules and idea; a phrase to describe the indecent educated people
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讀完
Mandarin: du2 wan2
Simplified: 读完
read (finished reading); after reading [colloquial]
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讀寫能力
Mandarin: du2 xie3 neng2 li4
literacy; reading and writing ability
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讀寫障礙
Mandarin: du2 xie3 zhang4 ai4
reading and writing difficulties
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讀屎片
Mandarin: du2 shi3 pian4
Simplified: 读屎片
(literally: to read diaper); to have learned nothing from one's studies
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讀得慢
to study slowly
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讀心術
mind reading, telepathy
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讀書
Mandarin: du2 shu1
to read a book; to study; to attend school or college
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讀本
Mandarin: du2 ben3
reader; an instructional book
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讀模
Mandarin: du2 mu2
model for magazine / periodic (not for fashion shows), the character 模 here is an abbreviation for 模特兒
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讀歪音
Cantonese
read with incorrect pronunciation
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讀死書
Mandarin: du2 si3 shu1
Simplified: 读死书
Reading a book without understanding it; to cram and study for exams only; not knowing how to apply knowledge in practice
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讀死書，死讀書
to not understand what one is reading
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讀物
Mandarin: du2 wu4
reading material
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讀破字膽
Mandarin: du2 po4 zi4 dan3
Simplified: 读破字胆
To read the word wrongly
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讀經
Mandarin: du2 jing1
read scripture; read the Bible; read taoist scriptures
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讀緊書
Mandarin: du2 jin3 shu1
Simplified: 读紧书
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to be studying (i.e. as a student at a school | college | university); reading a book [colloquial]
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讀者
Mandarin: du2 zhe3
reader (one who reads)
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讀者來信
Mandarin: du2 zhe3 lai2 xin4
Simplified: 读者来信
Letters to the Editor; Readers' letters
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讀者群
Mandarin: du2 zhe3 qun2
Simplified: 读者群
Readers
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讀贏
Mandarin: du2 ying2
Simplified: 读赢
to read a book | to study, euphemism used by gamblers to replace 讀書 since書 (book) is homonymous with the word輸 (lose), which is unlucky for gamblers [colloquial]
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讀過
Mandarin: du2 guo4
Simplified: 读过
Read
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讀錯
Mandarin: du2 cuo4
to mispronounce, misread
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讀錯音
Mandarin: du2 cuo4 yin1
to misread; mispronounce; mispronunciation
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讀音
Mandarin: du2 yin1
pronunciation (in reading)
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讀音錯誤
Mandarin: du2 yin1 cuo4 wu4
mispronounciation
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讀默
Mandarin: du2 mo4
Simplified: 读默
dictation
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讟
Mandarin: du2
Simplified: 
to murmur | to slander | to complain | hold a grudge against | animosity | # adapted from cc-cedict
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