| dòu | comma/phrase marked by pause |
| dú | to read/to study/reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1] |
| 读 | comma phrase marked by pause |
| 读万卷书，行万里路 | see 行萬裡路，讀萬卷書|行万里路，读万卷书 |
| 读书 | to read a book to study to attend school |
| 读书人 | scholar intellectual |
| 读书会 | study group |
| 读书俱乐部 | a book club |
| 读书班 | study class |
| 读书疗法 | bibliotherapy |
| 读书笔记 | reading note |
| 读入 | [Computer] to read in |
| 读写 | fill out or in (information on a form) |
| 读写存储器 | read-write memory |
| 读写磁头 | read-write head; read and write head |
| 读写能力 | literacy |
| 读出 | read-out; umerate; numerate; playback; sensing; read; reading; sense; readout; read out |
| 读出装置 | reading machine; reader; readout device; readout station; readout unit; reader-out unit |
| 读卖新闻 | Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper) |
| 读卡器 | card reader |
| 读卡机 | card reader; reader |
| 读后感 | impression of a book opinion expressed in a book review |