训读 in English xun4 du2 Meaning

Meanings

  • a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (for example: in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn")
  • to pronounce a word using such a reading
  • (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

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Traditional Characters

Pinyin

xun4 du2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

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