如果你是問行人的話,我建議你用比較禮貌的問法:
「呢個字點讀?」
sorry,may I borrow you some time?
如果他回答你:yes
你就問:
do you know how to say this word?
「我想問C,A,N點讀?」:
do you know how to pronunce the word "C, A, N"?
如果你不是問行人,而是問英文老師的話,你的頭一句就應該說:
Miss/Mr/Mrs xxx, i don't know how to say this word, may you teach me?