汉字(hàn zì) - Chinese characters in Mandarin

汉hàn字zì很hěn难nán，但dàn是shì也yě很hěn有yǒu意yì思si。

Chinese characters are hard, but they're interesting too.

学xué汉hàn字zì要yào多duō写xiě。

To learn characters you have to write them a lot.

这zhè个ge汉hàn字zì我wǒ不bú认rèn识shi。

I don't know this character.

每měi个gè汉hàn字zì都dōu有yǒu自zì己jǐ的de意yì思si。

Every character has a meaning of its own.

日Rì本běn也yě用yòng汉hàn字zì。

Japan uses Chinese characters too.