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읽다

read; read out

Verb

  1. 1

    read; read out

    To see written words or letters, and utter them as they are pronounced.

    Korean definition: 글이나 글자를 보고 그 음대로 소리를 내어 말로 나타내다.

    • When I went to the temple, I heard a monk reciting sutras.

    • The child read the storybook aloud clearly.

  2. 2

    read

    To read written words and know their meaning.

    Korean definition: 글을 보고 뜻을 알다.

    • I read a book this afternoon.

    • Professor Kim's writing is so difficult that it's not easy to read.

  3. 3

    read

    To read a work of a writer.

    Korean definition: 작가의 작품을 보다.

    • As an undergraduate, I majored in English literature and read Shakespeare.

    • By chance I read that author's representative work and ended up buying and collecting his works.

  4. 4

    read

    To understand what a picture, sign, or sound indicates.

    Korean definition: 그림이나 기호, 소리가 나타내는 뜻을 알다.

    • Even though he was a singer, he couldn't read music.

    • To read a map, you need to know the map symbols.