He can read.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
识字
to learn to read
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to learn to read
02
able to read; literate
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 识字 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 识字 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Where did you learn to read?
Look Mummy, I can read!
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 识字.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 识字.
Directly before
- 的识字2
- 不识字2
- 学会识字2
- 他识字1
- 我会识字1
Directly after
- 识字的2
- 识字水平1
- 识字卡1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 识字
What does 识字 mean in Chinese?
识字 (shízì) means to learn to read.
How do you pronounce 识字?
识字 is pronounced shízì.
Is 识字 an HSK word?
识字 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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