诵 (誦) sòng

  1. sòng verb to recite; to read aloud; to recite from memory
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 诵 is the same as 背诵, emphasing memorization, or 朗诵, emphasizing performance, in this sense (GHC '诵' 1, 3). 誦：諷也。 'Sòng: to recite.' (Shuo Wen, Yán Radical 說文解字‧言部) 讀：誦書也。 'Dú: to recite a text.' (Shuo Wen, Yán Radical 說文解字‧言部) For example, 俱誦墨經 'all repeated the texts of Mo' (Zhuangzi, Tian Xia 莊子‧天下) Also, in the Diamond Sūtra, 受持讀誦此經 'receive, retain, read and recite this sūtra' (T 235)
  2. sòng verb to recount; to narrate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 诵 is the same as 陈述 or 述说 in this sense (GHC '诵' 2).
  3. sòng noun a poem
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 诵 is the same as 诗篇 in this sense (GHC '诵' 4).
  4. sòng verb recite; priase; pāṭha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pāṭha, or; varṇa, Japanese: shou, or: ju, Tibetan: brjod pa (BCSD '誦', p. 1297; Mahāvyutpatti 'varṇaḥ'; MW 'pāṭha'; SH '誦', p. 428; Unihan '誦')

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弦诵不辍 、 吟诵 、 讽诵 、 告诵 、 唱诵 、 诵读困难症 、 读诵 、 背诵

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