写汉字 Writing Chinese Characters

我wǒ学习xuéxí汉语Hànyǔ，我wǒ很hěn爱ài写xiě汉字Hànzì。

I study Chinese, and I really love writing Chinese characters.

今天jīntiān上午shàngwǔ，老师lǎoshī说shuō：“我们wǒmen写xiě汉字Hànzì，好hǎo吗ma？”

This morning, the teacher says, "Let's write Chinese characters, okay?"

我wǒ写xiě“大dà”，写xiě“小xiǎo”，写xiě“人rén”，这些zhèxiē字zì很hěn好写hǎo xiě。

I write 大, 小, and 人 — these characters are easy to write.

我wǒ写xiě的de字zì不bú太tài漂亮piàoliang，老师lǎoshī说shuō：“没关系méi guānxi！”

The characters I write are not very pretty; the teacher says, "It doesn't matter!"

老师lǎoshī说shuō：“你nǐ多duō写xiě，字zì能néng很hěn漂亮piàoliang。”

The teacher says, "Write more, and your characters can be very pretty."

现在xiànzài我wǒ在zài家jiā写xiě汉字Hànzì，我wǒ很hěn高兴gāoxìng。

Now I write Chinese characters at home, and I am very happy.

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Key words 生词

写xiěto write

汉字HànzìChinese character(s)

字zìcharacter; word

漂亮piàoliangpretty

没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matter

能néngcan; to be able to

…，好吗？ — making a suggestion

Add 好吗？ after a sentence to suggest something and ask if the other person agrees, like 'okay?' in English.

我们写汉字，好吗？ — Let's write Chinese characters, okay?

不太 + adjective — not very

不太 before an adjective softens it: 不太漂亮 = not very pretty. Note that 不 is read bú here, before the fourth tone of 太.

我写的字不太漂亮。 — The characters I write are not very pretty.

1. What does the narrator love doing?

2. What does the teacher say about the narrator's characters?

3. What does the teacher tell the narrator to do?

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