Pinyin chart · dei
How to say dei
dei in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
dei
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Voice
How to say it
d: Like the t in “stop”: no puff of air. To an English ear it sounds close to d.
ei: ei is close to the “ay” of “day”.
Its tones
děi 得 must. dēi and déi and dèi aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Words with dei
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.