How to say hui

hui in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

hui

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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”.

uei: Written ui after a consonant (gui, dui): a short e is said between the u and the i, so dui sounds close to “dway”.

Its tones

huī 灰 ash · huí 回 to return · huǐ 毁 to destroy · huì 会 can. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Spelling

uei is written ui after a consonant.

Words with hui

回huíto return
会huìwill
回来huíláito come back
回去huíqùto go back
一会yíhuìa moment
一会儿yíhuìra moment
回答huídáto answer
会议huìyìmeeting
机会jīhuìopportunity
开会kāihuìto have a meeting
晚会wǎnhuìevening party
运动会yùndònghuìsports meet

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.