New Words

From Lesson: I can speak Chinese
Word Pinyin Meaning
xiě to write
letter; symbol; character; word; CL:[[個|个<gè>]]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
汉字 hànzì Chinese character; CL:[[個|个<gè>]]; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to [[拼音<pīnyīn>]]
怎么 zěnme how?; what?; why?

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Chinese

你会写汉字吗? 我会写。 这个字怎么写? 对不起,这个字我会读,不会写。

Pinyin

Nǐ huì xiě hànzì ma? Wǒ huì xiě. Zhège zì zěnme xiě? Duìbuqǐ, zhège zì wǒ huì dú, búhuì xiě.

English

Can you write Chinese characters? I can write. How do you write this character? Sorry, I can read this character, but I can't write it.