Pinyin chart · pie
How to say pie
pie in its 2 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
pie
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Voice
How to say it
p: Like the p in “pin”, with a strong puff of air. The puff is what tells it from b.
ie: In ie the e sounds like the e of “yes”.
Its tones
piē 瞥 to glance at · piě 撇 left-falling stroke. pié and piè aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix pie up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with pie
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.