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汉HanziSkills

Chinese word

看书

kàn shū

to read

Traditional: 看書

Meaning

Definitions are in English.
  • to read
  • to study

Characters in this word

看kàn9 strokesto look, to see书shū4 strokesbook, letter, document

Common words: 看 · 书

Words

Words with the same first character

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看到kàn dàoto see看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of看来kàn laiapparently; it seems that看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view; opinion; CL:個|个[ge4]看待kàn dàito look upon; to regard看出kàn chūto make out; to see

Examples

Example sentences

Everyday dialogues

Sentences from the HSK character sentence bank. Tap a word or character to open its dictionary entry.

我在看书。

L1

wǒ zài kàn shū。

I am reading a book.

她很喜欢看书。

L1

tā hěn xǐ huan kàn shū。

She likes reading very much.

姐姐很喜欢看书。

L1

jiě jie hěn xǐ huan kàn shū。

My older sister likes reading very much.