How to say “read aloud” in Chinese
read aloud (expressively)
“Read aloud” in Chinese is 朗读, lǎng dú: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
朗读 is read lǎng dú: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the right, 月 “moon”: moonlight. On the left, a compressed 良 liáng, as in 浪 làng and 狼 láng.
On the left, 讠 “speech”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “朗读”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 朗读. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 老师让我们朗读课文lǎoshīràngwǒmenlǎngdúkèwénThe teacher had us read the text aloud.
- 请朗读课文qǐnglǎngdúkèwénPlease read the text aloud.
- 请朗读第一章的开头qǐnglǎngdúdìyīzhāngdekāitóuPlease read aloud the beginning of chapter one.
More words from the lesson “Spoken and written”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “read aloud” in Chinese?
“Read aloud” in Chinese is 朗读, pinyin lǎngdú.
What does 朗读 mean?
朗读 (lǎngdú) means “read aloud (expressively)”.
How do you write 朗读?
朗读 is 2 characters: 朗 (lǎng) — clear, bright; loud and clear; 读 (dú) — read. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 朗读?
朗读 is read lǎngdú. Tones: lǎng — third tone, dú — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“read aloud” in the lesson “Spoken and written”
This word is from the topic “Texts and art” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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