训读

MEANING

1. 壹名noun

   a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn")

   • xùndúshìhànzìdeyīzhǒngtèshūdúfǎ.

     训读是汉字的一种特殊读法。🔊

     Kun'yomi reading is a special way of reading Chinese characters.

2. 貳动verb

   to pronounce a word using such a reading

   • zhègecízěnmexùndú?

     这个词怎么训读？🔊

     How is this word read in its kun'yomi pronunciation?

3. 參名noun

   (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

   • xùndúshìrìyǔhànzìdedúfǎzhīyī.

     训读是日语汉字的读法之一。🔊

     Kun-yomi is one of the reading methods for kanji in Japanese.