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English translation
to read a book
Chinese characters:
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看书 ( kanshu / kànshū ) is composed of these characters:
看 (kan)
, 书 (shu)
看书 ( kanshu / kànshū ) in traditional characters
看書
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 看书 ( kanshu / kànshū ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Ta zai wanshang kanshu.
Tā zài wănshang kànshū. – English translation: He reads books in the evening.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to look at | book
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro. This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.