宣读 xuāndú to read out loud to an audience
to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
How to remember 宣读: 宣 to proclaim + 读 read = to read out loud to an audience.
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How it is used
- To read a document aloud to an audience - 宣读判决书 (xuāndú pànjuéshū) to read out the verdict; 宣读名单 read out the list.
- Formal/ceremonial: verdicts, decisions, official notices, or names announced publicly, not casual reading.
- Differs from plain 读/念 by the official, out-loud-to-a-group setting.