Pinyin chart · gun
How to say gun
gun in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
gun
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
g: Like the k in “skin”: no puff of air. To an English ear it sounds close to the g in “go”.
uen: Written un after a consonant (lun, dun): a short e is said between the u and the n.
Its tones
gǔn 滚 to roll · gùn 棍 stick. gūn and gún aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- uen is written un after a consonant.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix gun up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with gun
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.