How to say nuan

nuan in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

nuan

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Voice

How to say it

n: As in English “n”.

Its tones

nuǎn 暖 warm. nuān and nuán and nuàn aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Sounds near it

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

luan

Words with nuan

暖和nuǎnhuowarm
温暖wēnnuǎnwarm
暖nuǎnwarm
保暖báonuǎnto keep warm
暖气nuǎnqìheating
供暖gōngnuǎnheating
取暖qúnuǎnto keep warm
暖烘烘nuǎnhōnghōngnice and warm

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.