Pinyin chart · kuai
How to say kuai
kuai in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
kuai
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Voice
How to say it
k: Like the k in “kite”, with a strong puff of air.
Its tones
kuǎi 蒯 a kind of rush · kuài 快 fast. kuāi and kuái aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix kuai up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with kuai
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.