| Chinese | dú shū, niàn shū, 念書, 讀書, 念书, 读书 |
| Dutch | lezen, luiden, uitkrijgen, uitlezen, aflezen |
| French | lire |
| Greek | διαβάζω |
| Indonesian | membaca |
| Italian | legemmo |
| Japanese | hiken, ひけん, 披見 |
| Korean | 독서하다, 읽다 |
| Latin | lego, recitare, legere |
| Malay | baca |
| Norwegian | lese |
| Polish | czyta |
| Portuguese | ledes |
| Russian | показывать, читать, изучать |
| Serbian | shvatiti, studirati, citati |
| Spanish | indicar, lea, leer, estudiar |
| Swahili | soma |
| Swedish | lдs |
