诵 (sòng): to read aloud, to recite

诵语是交流思想的重要工具。

sòng yǔ shì jiāo liú sī xiǎng de chóng yāo gōng jù .

Recitation is an important tool for communicating ideas.

同年8月，意大利一剧团访华演出，在中国的剧场朗诵了他的诗。

tóng nián 8 yuè , yì dà lì yī jù tuán fǎng huá yǎn chū , zài zhōng guó de jù chǎng lǎng sòng le tā de shī .

In August of that same year, an Italian theater troupe visited China for a performance and recited his poetry in Chinese theaters.

中国戏剧梅花奖得主王卫国在首演音乐会上担任朗诵。

zhōng guó xì jù méi huā jiǎng dé zhǔ wáng wèi guó zài shǒu yǎn yīn lè huì shàng dān rèn lǎng sòng .

Wang Weiguo, winner of China’s Plum Blossom Award for Drama, served as the reciter at the premiere concert.

资料图：王计兵朗诵自己创作的诗歌。

zī liào tú : wáng jì bīng lǎng sòng zì jǐ chuàng zuò de shī gē .

File photo: Wang Jibing reciting a poem he wrote.

长时间叩拜、摇摆、旋转、吟唱、拍打、复诵口号，会让身体进入某种节律状态。

cháng shí jiān 叩 bài , yáo bǎi , xuán zhuǎn , yín chàng , pāi dǎ , fù sòng kǒu hào , huì ràng shēn tǐ jìn rù mǒu zhǒng jié lǜ zhuàng tài .

Prolonged prostration, swaying, spinning, chanting, clapping, and repeating slogans can put the body into a rhythmic state.

甘榜双溪勿刹清真寺开斋节诵经仪式圆满举行

gān bǎng shuāng xī wù chà qīng zhēn sì kāi zhāi jié sòng jīng yí shì yuán mǎn jǔ háng

The Eid al-Fitr recitation ceremony at the Kampung Sungai Bujang Mosque was successfully held

他的女儿能背诵很多诗。

Tā de nǚ'ér néng bèisòng hěn duō shī.

His daughter is able to recite a lot of poems.

我最讨厌背诵课文了。

Wǒ zuì tǎoyàn bèisòng kèwén le.

What I hate most of all is having to recite texts from memory.