How to say kua

kua in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

kua

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Voice

How to say it

k: Like the k in “kite”, with a strong puff of air.

Its tones

kuā 夸 to praise · kuǎ 垮 to collapse · kuà 跨 to step across. kuá isn’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Sounds near it

Learners often mix kua up with these. Listen to them one after the other.

Words with kua

夸kuāto praise
夸奖kuājiǎngto praise
夸张kuāzhāngexaggerated
挎kuàto carry over the shoulder or at the side
跨kuàto step across
垮kuǎto collapse
夸大kuādàto exaggerate
跨度kuàdùspan
跨国kuàguótransnational
夸耀kuāyàoto brag about
跨越kuàyuèto span
夸夸其谈kuākuā-qítánto talk big

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.