Providing information about the identification of Chinese characters
25.7
25.5 Requesting repetition or clarification of spoken language
请你再说。
請你再說。
Qǐng nǐ zài shuō.
Please repeat./Please say it again.
(那是)什么意思？
(那是)甚麼意思？
(Nà shì) shénme yìsi?
What does that mean?
请你说慢一点。
請你說慢一點。
Qǐng nǐ shuō màn yīdiǎn.
Please speak a little slower.
25.6 Asking for assistance in identifying a Chinese character
怎么念？ 这个字怎么念？
怎麼唸？ 這個字怎麼唸？
Zěnme niàn? Zhège zì zěnme niàn?
How is it pronounced? How is this character pronounced?
怎么写？ 那个字怎么写？
怎麼寫？ 那個字怎麼寫？
Zěnme xiě? Nàge zì zěnme xiě?
How do you write it? How do you write that character?
‘qīngchu’ 怎么写？
‘qīngchu’ 怎麼寫？
‘qīngchu’ zěnme xiě?
How do you write the word ‘qingchu’?
那个字是什么意思？
那個字是甚麼意思？
Nàge zì shì shénme yìsi?
What does that character mean?
25.7 Providing information about the identification of Chinese characters
The following strategies are commonly used to help a listener identify a character.
- Present a common word in which the character in question occurs
「清楚」的「清」
‘qīngchu’ de ‘qīng’
the ‘qing’ in ‘qingchu’
「朋友」的「友」
‘péngyou’ de ‘yǒu’
the ‘you’ of ‘pengyou’
