Pinyin chart · que
How to say que
que in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
que
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.
üe: üe starts from ü (“ee” with rounded lips) and opens to the e of “yes”.
Its tones
quē 缺 to lack · qué 瘸 lame · què 却 but. quě isn’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Spelling
- After q, ü is written u without the dots: que is qüe. j, q and x never take a plain u, so nothing is lost.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix que up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with que
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.