Pinyin chart · bin
How to say bin
bin in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
bin
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How to say it
b: Like the p in “spin”: no puff of air. To an English ear it sounds close to b.
in: in is “ee” followed by n; ing ends in the ng of “sing” instead.
Its tones
bīn 宾 guest · bìn 鬓 hair at the temples. bín and bǐn aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix bin up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with bin
The voices are generated speech (ElevenLabs), the same two the app’s word cards use, each tone said as one real word. The words are from the official HSK list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus), easiest first. Every syllable is on the pinyin chart.