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

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

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

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