Word: 字 (zì) letter; symbol; character

他会不会写这个字？

Tā huì búhuì xiě zhège zì?

Can he write this character?

他猜出来了这个字的意思。

Tā cāi chūláile zhège zì de yìsi.

He guessed the meaning of the character.

他连字都不会念，更别说写了。

Tā lián zì dōu búhuì niàn, gèng biéshuō xiěle.

He can't even read, let alone write.

写这个字时，先写一横再写竖。

Xiě zhège zì shí, xiān xiě yì héng zài xiě shù.

When writing this character, write the horizontal stroke first and then the vertical one.

她俯首认真地写字。

Tā fǔshǒu rènzhēndexiě zì.

She bent her head and wrote carefully.

她在本子上写了几个字。

Tā zài běnzi shàng xiěle jǐ ge zì.

She wrote a few characters in her notebook.

屏幕上慢慢显现出一行字。

Píngmù shàng mànmàn xiǎnxiàn chū yìxíng zì.

A line of text slowly appeared on the screen.

有人会发这个字的音吗？

Yǒurén huì fā zhège zì de yīn ma?

Does anyone know how to pronounce this character?

汉语字是很美丽的。

Hànyǔ zì shì hěn měilì de.

Chinese characters are very beautiful.

经理看完，当下就签了字。

Jīnglǐ kàn wán, dāngxià jiù qiānle zì.

The manager finished reading and signed it at once.

认识偏旁能帮你猜出字的意思。

Rènshi piānpáng néng bāng nǐ cāi chū zì de yìsi.

Knowing the components can help you guess what a character means.

论文的摘要不能超过三百字。

Lùnwén de zhāiyào bùnéng chāoguò sānbǎi zì.

The abstract of a paper can't exceed three hundred characters.

请你在这个地方签个字。

Qǐng nǐ zài zhège dìfāng qiān gè zì.

Please sign here.

这两个字的意思是一样的。

Zhè liǎng gè zì de yìsi shì yíyàng de.

Those two characters mean the same thing.

这个字怎么写？

Zhège zì zěnme xiě?

How do you write this character?

这个字怎么念？

Zhège zì zěnme niàn?

How do you read this character?

这个字我一直学不会。

Zhège zì wǒ yìzhí xué búhuì.

I can never learn (remember) this character.

这个字的读音我总是记不住。

Zhège zì de dúyīn wǒ zǒngshì jìbúzhù.

I can never remember the pronunciation of this character.

这块碑上的字已经很模糊了。

Zhèkuài bēi shàng de zì yǐjīng hěn móhule.

The characters on this stone tablet are already very blurry.