Pinyin chart · qiong
How to say qiong
qiong in its 1 tone, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
qiong
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Voice
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.
Its tones
qióng 穷 poor. qiōng and qiǒng and qiòng aren’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix qiong up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with qiong
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.