I can read Chinese characters
New words
写 xiě to write
汉字 hànzì Chinese character
字zì character, word
怎么 zěnme How
读 dú to read
Language points
the interrogative pronoun “怎么”.
这个汉字 + 怎么 + 写？【 How to write this character？】
你的名字 + 怎么 + 读？ 【 How to read your name？】
中国菜 + 怎么 + 做？【How to cook Chinese food?】
For these three sentences, they all have the same sentence structure:
noun + 怎么 + verb = How to do sth
In English, you put the pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, , for example:
How to write this character?
In Chinese, the pronoun is before the action you want to ask
这个汉字怎么写？
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