解讀

See also: 解读

Chinese

	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause
trad. (解讀)	解	讀
simp. (解读)	解	读
Literally: “to read and interpret”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiědú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² duk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kái-tho̍k / kái-tha̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): goi² tag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiědú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiědú
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-tu²
  - Yale: jyě-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieedwu
  - Palladius: цзеду (czedu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    解毒
    解瀆／解渎
    解讀／解读
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaai² duk⁶
  - Yale: gáai duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai² dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ tʊk̚²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    解毒
    解讀／解读
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kái-tho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kay'tok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tha̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kái-tha̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kay'tak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰak̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goi² tag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói tha̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰak̚⁴/

Verb

解讀

to understand by breaking something down; to decipher; to decode; to decrypt

Usage notes

Can refer to the understanding and deciphering of written texts by reading, as well as the analysis and understanding of concepts in a more abstract sense.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解讀):

→ Japanese: 解読(かいどく) (kaidoku)
→ Korean: 해독(解讀) (haedok)