How to say huai

huai in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

huai

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Voice

How to say it

h: Further back than English h, with a little friction, like a soft version of the ch in Scottish “loch”.

Its tones

huái 怀 bosom · huài 坏 bad. huāi and huǎi aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Words with huai

坏huàibroken
坏处huàichùharm
怀疑huáiyíto suspect
破坏pòhuàito destroy
怀huáibosom
关怀guānhuáicare
怀念huáiniànto miss
怀孕huáiyùnto be pregnant
损坏sǔnhuàito damage
败坏bàihuàicorrupt
怀抱huáibàoto hold in one's arms
怀旧huáijiùto be nostalgic

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.