A Chinese Phrase for Asking how to read a character: "这个字怎么读？"

"这个字怎么读？" means "How do you read this character?" and it's the basic Chinese expression used for asking how to read a character. It's very handy when studying and learning languages. To answer, you can say something like "读作“xué”，是学习的学。" (It's read "xué," as in "study."). You can keep the conversation going by reacting with something like "谢谢，我再念一遍。" (Thanks, I'll read it again myself).