读书
dú shū
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 讀書
To study: originally 'to read books', it also means being a student or being in school. 我喜欢读书 is 'I like reading', and 她在大学读书 'she is at university'. When you just mean reading a book, everyday speech often says 看书 (kànshū).
Học hành: vốn là “đọc sách”, từ này còn chỉ việc đi học, đang là học sinh, sinh viên. 我喜欢读书 là “tôi thích đọc sách”, 她在大学读书 là “cô ấy đang học đại học”. Nếu chỉ là cầm sách lên đọc thì khẩu ngữ hay nói 看书 (kànshū).
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “读书” mean?
To study: originally 'to read books', it also means being a student or being in school. 我喜欢读书 is 'I like reading', and 她在大学读书 'she is at university'. When you just mean reading a book, everyday speech often says 看书 (kànshū). Literally: read books
Is “读书” formal or informal?
读书 is generally neutral.