讀死書

See also: 读死书

Chinese

		to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	book; letter
trad. (讀死書)		讀	死	書
simp. (读死书)		读	死	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúsǐshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ sei² syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúsǐshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúsǐhshu
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-ssŭ³-shu¹
    • Yale: dú-sž-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusyyshu
    • Palladius: дусышу (dusyšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ sei² syu¹
    • Yale: duhk séi syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sei² sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ séi² xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sei̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/

Verb

讀死書

1. to rigidly read a text without taking into consideration the practical application of its contents; to read a text without true understanding

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 讀死冊／读死册, 死讀／死读