How to pronounce Moutai

Moutai (the baijiu brand) is 茅台 in Chinese, written Máotái in pinyin and said mow-tie.

茅台 Máotái

mow-tie

Sound by sound

Moutai (the baijiu brand) is 茅台 in Chinese, written Máotái in pinyin and said mow-tie.

máo: second tone, rising, as in a question; tái: second tone, rising, as in a question.

Ao rhymes with “cow”: mao is “mow” as in “how now”, never “moe”.

Voices recorded for our word cards. A spelling such as “shyow-mee” is the nearest English sound, not the sound itself: hear the voices.