读书 dú shū to read a bookto studyto attend school Example sentences 熬夜读书对身体不好。 áoyè dúshū duì shēntǐ bù hǎo. It's not healthy to stay up that late reading 我喜欢在图书馆读书,家里太吵了。 wǒ xǐhuan zài túshūguǎn dúshū, jiā lǐ tài chǎo le. I like to read in the library, my house is too noisy