看书 meaning in English

kànshū

to read; to study

Traditional 看書13 strokes

Meaning of 看书

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kànshū
  1. to read
  2. to study

看书 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā不bù能néng写xiě字zì也yě不bù能néng看kàn书shū。
She cannot write or read.
我wǒ最zuì近jìn没méi甚shén么me时shí间jiān看kàn书shū。
I've got little time for reading these days.
我wǒ还hái不bù想xiǎng睡shuì觉jiào,所suǒ以yǐ我wǒ还hái在zài看kàn书shū。
I don't want to sleep yet, so I'm still studying.
看kàn书shū时shí不bù能néng吃chī东dōng西xī。
You can't read while you're eating.
汤tāng姆mǔ正zhèng在zài自zì己jǐ房fáng间jiān里lǐ看kàn书shū。
Tom is reading a book in his room.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
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  9. 9

书 shū · book · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 看书.

看到kàndàoto see
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
读书dúshūto read a book; to study
书店shūdiànbookstore
看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
书包shūbāoschoolbag; satchel
看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view
难看nánkànugly; unsightly
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
看上去kàn shàngqùit would appear; it seems (that)

Questions about 看书

What does 看书 mean?

看书 (kànshū) means "to read; to study".

How do you write 看书?

看书 is made of 2 characters: 看 (9 strokes), 书 (4 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 看书 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 看书 is written 看書.