dòu

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Meaning of 句读

句读 means pause markers in classical Chinese writing; the distinction between major pauses (句, sentences) and minor pauses (读, phrases). Pronounced jù dòu.

  • pause markers in classical Chinese writing; the distinction between major pauses (句, sentences) and minor pauses (读, phrases)

Definitions & Examples

Xué
wén
shǒu
xiān
yào
xué
huì
míng
biàn
dòu
 

To study classical Chinese, one must first learn to clearly distinguish between sentences and phrases.

dòu
zhī
zhī
 
huò
zhī
jiě
 

Not knowing where the pauses are, one cannot resolve one's doubts.

rén
shū
fēi
cháng
zhòng
shì
dòu
de
xùn
liàn
 

Ancient scholars placed great importance on training in pause markers when reading.

Zhè
huà
de
dòu
yǒu
wèn
 
yīng
gāi
chóng
xīn
biāo
diǎn
 

The phrasing of this sentence has problems and should be repunctuated.