Pinyin chart · diu
How to say diu
diu in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
diu
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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.
iou: Written iu after a consonant (liu, jiu): a short o is said between the i and the u, most clearly in the third and fourth tones.
Its tones
diū 丢 to lose. diú and diǔ and diù aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- iou is written iu after a consonant.
Words with diu
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.