Write one character
Practise 你. Press Play to watch the strokes, then enable I want to write! to draw them in order.
Read the character reference for 你 for its meaning, readings, and stroke count.
From a lesson to practice
Use Hanzi Guide with your tutor
Bring a character or short phrase from your teacher, language app, or AI tutor. Hear it, watch its strokes, then try writing it yourself.
Make a practice link
Use one to six Hanzi, without spaces or punctuation. For a sentence, practise one short word or group at a time.
Turn a lesson into an exercise
Practise a short phrase
Open 你好 in Mandarin. Listen to the whole phrase, then watch or write each character.
Keep the full sentence from your lesson nearby so you remember the context.
Hear Mandarin or Cantonese
Compare 水 in Mandarin with 水 in Cantonese. Use the listening buttons beside the reading or in Language & Romanization.
Learn Pinyin, Jyutping, and tones, then try the tone listening quiz.
Take it to paper
Generate a worksheet for 你好 with stroke order and tracing boxes. This opens the PDF generator and starts a download.
On the practice page, Practice PDF creates a worksheet for the characters you are working on.
Listening uses voices installed on your device. Cantonese needs a Cantonese voice. Stroke data is available for many common characters; an unavailable character may still have a reading or dictionary entry. Ask your tutor about pronunciation in context, especially characters with multiple readings and tone changes.
Ask your tutor for practice links
Try one of these requests with a teacher or AI assistant. Include this guide so they can follow the link format.
Teach me how to write 你好. Explain the meaning, give me a Hanzi Guide practice link with Mandarin pronunciation and simplified characters, and suggest a short writing exercise.
I’m learning Cantonese with traditional characters. Give me three useful words, each no longer than six Hanzi, with meanings, Jyutping, and a Hanzi Guide practice link. Use https://www.hanzi.guide/tutor/ for the link format.
Check unfamiliar readings and explanations with a trusted teacher or dictionary. An AI assistant may need you to supply the guide link; providing this page does not guarantee that it can operate the interactive controls.
Exercise links for tutors and assistants
A practice link supplies the characters, pronunciation language, and character form:
https://www.hanzi.guide/?pronunciation=mandarin&script=simplified#%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BDThat example opens 你好 with Mandarin pronunciation and simplified characters. Percent-encode the Hanzi after #; a browser may display the decoded characters in its address bar.
| Field | Supported values |
|---|---|
pronunciation | mandarin or cantonese. Shows Pinyin or Jyutping and the matching listening controls. |
script | simplified or traditional. Selects the character form in the practice tool. |
Fragment after # | A short group of Hanzi, up to the practice input’s six-character limit. Remove punctuation and split longer sentences into words or short groups. |
Explicit language and character-form choices take precedence over saved display preferences. Once the exercise opens, use Play, a listening button, or I want to write! to begin the activity.
For a worksheet, use https://www.hanzi.guide/pdf.html#%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD. The PDF uses the characters exactly as supplied; the practice link’s language and character-form fields do not configure the PDF.
For longer sentences, provide several short practice links and keep the complete sentence in the lesson. Character readings are displayed individually; use the phrase listening button and your tutor’s explanation to check connected pronunciation.