阅 (yuè): to read, to review
阅 (yuè) is a Chinese character meaning “to read, to review.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 门 (structural) and 兑 (structural). It ranks #1480 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to read, to review
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 阅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 查阅verb | chá yuè | to consult |
| 订阅 | dìng yuè | subscription |
| 阅历verb | yuè lì | to experience |
| 检阅verb | jiǎn yuè | to inspect |
| 翻阅verb | fān yuè | to thumb through |
| 阅兵verb | yuè bīng | to review troops |
| 审阅verb | shěn yuè | to review or peruse |
| 传阅verb | chuán yuè | to read and pass on |
| 阅兵式noun | yuè bīng shì | military parade |
| 借阅verb | jiè yuè | to borrow books to read |
| 阅览室noun | yuè lǎn shì | reading room |
| 参阅verb | cān yuè | to consult |
| 阅读器noun | yuè dú qì | reader (software) |
| 调阅verb | diào yuè | to access (a document) |
| 阅览verb | yuè lǎn | to read |
阅 appears in 33 compound words: 52 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 阅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
请阅读这份文件，然后签字确认。
Qǐng yuèdú zhè fèn wénjiàn, ránhòu qiānzì quèrèn.
Please read this document and then sign to confirm.
...今天/南海路中央图书馆1956年正式开放阅览
. . . jīn tiān nán hǎi lù zhōng yāng tú shū guǎn 1 9 5 6 nián zhèng shì kāi fàng yuè lǎn
... Today/Nanhai Road Central Library was officially opened for reading in 1956
圣县禁用Flock自动车牌阅读器
shèng xiàn jīn yòng F l o c k zì dòng chē pái yuè dòu qì
Flock automatic license plate readers are banned in Saint County
...ord 宣布 3 月 27 日起涨价,订阅年费最高涨幅 33%
. . . o r d xuān bù 3 yuè 2 7 rì qǐ zhǎng jià , dìng yuè nián fèi zuì gāo zhǎng fú 3 3
... Ord announced a price increase starting March 27, with a maximum increase of 33% in annual subscription fees
... 6 个月,Apple Music 新订阅用户优惠倒计时 10 天
. . . 6 gè yuè , A p p l e M u s i c xīn dìng yuè yòng hù yōu huì dǎo jì shí 1 0 tiān
... 6 months, 10 days countdown to the offer for new Apple Music subscribers
...|福建:实体书店变身“文化会客厅” 全民阅..
. . . fú jiàn shí tī shū diàn biàn shēn wén huā huì kè tīng quán mín yuè . .
Fujian: Physical Bookstores Transform into "Cultural Living Rooms" as Reading Becomes a National Pastime
他在用伯伯尔语阅读圣经。
Tā zài yòng bóbo ěr yǔ yuèdú Shèngjīng.
He's reading the Bible in Berber.
你有订阅任何杂志吗？
Nǐ yǒu dìngyuè rènhé zázhì ma?
Do you subscribe to any magazines?
他戴上眼镜开始阅读。
Tā dàishang yǎnjìng kāishǐ yuèdú.
He put on his glasses and began to read.
阅览室里禁止说话。
Yuèlǎnshì lǐ jìnzhǐ shuōhuà.
Don't talk in the reading room.
Character Family
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