Pinyin chart · can
How to say can
can in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
can
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
c: Like the ts in “cats”, with a strong puff of air. It is never a k or an s sound.
an: an is the a of “father” followed by n; ang ends in the ng of “sing” instead.
Its tones
cān 餐 meal · cán 残 incomplete · cǎn 惨 miserable · càn 璨 bright. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix can up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with can
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.