Pinyin chart · kuo
How to say kuo
kuo in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
kuo
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Voice
How to say it
k: Like the k in “kite”, with a strong puff of air.
uo: uo is a quick “w” glide into the o of “law”: close to “waw”.
Its tones
kuò 扩 to expand. kuō and kuó and kuǒ aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix kuo up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with kuo
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.