Pinyin chart · qian
How to say qian
qian in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
qian
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
q: Said like j but with a strong puff of air: close to the ch in “cheap”, with the tongue tip down behind the lower teeth.
ian: In ian the a sounds close to the e of “yen”, not the a of “father”.
Its tones
qiān 千 thousand · qián 前 front · qiǎn 遣 to send · qiàn 欠 to owe. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix qian up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with qian
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.