How to say miao

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

miao

Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.

Voice

How to say it

m: As in English “m”.

Its tones

miāo 喵 meow · miáo 苗 sprout · miǎo 秒 second · miào 妙 wonderful. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Words with miao

秒miǎo(coll.) instantly (as in 秒回)
描述miáoshùdescription
妙miàowonderful
描绘miáohuìto depict
描写miáoxiěto describe
巧妙qiǎomiàoclever
扫描sǎomiáoto scan
苗miáosprout
庙miàotemple
不妙búmiàobad
禾苗hémiáoseedlings (of cereal crops)
精妙jīngmiàoexquisite

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.